Wild thing : a life of Paul Gauguin / Sue Prideaux.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Prideaux, Sue, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Tahiti (French Polynesia : Island)--In art.

Tahiti (French Polynesia : Island).

Gauguin, Paul, 1848-1903.

Gauguin, Paul.

Painters--France--Biography.

Painters.

Painting, French--19th century.

Painting, French.

Post-impressionism (Art)--France.

Post-impressionism (Art).

Primitivism in art--France.

Primitivism in art.

Genre:

Biographies.

Biography.

Physical Description:

xiv, 401 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm

Edition:

First American edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : W.W. Norton & Company, 2024.

Summary:

"Paul Gauguin's legend as a transgressive genius arises as much from his biography as his aesthetically daring Polynesian paintings. Gauguin is chiefly known for his pictures that eschewed convention, to celebrate the beauty of an indigenous people and their culture. In this gorgeously illustrated, myth-busting work, Sue Prideaux reveals that while Gauguin was a complicated man, his scandalous reputation is largely undeserved.Self-taught, Gauguin became a towering artist in his brief life, not just in painting but in ceramics and graphics. He fled the bustle of Paris for the beauty of Tahiti, where he lived simply and worked consistently to expose the tragic results of French Colonialism. Gauguin fought for the rights of Indigenous people, exposing French injustices and corruption in the local newspaper and acting as advocate for the Tahitian people in the French colonial courts. His unconventional career and bold, breathtaking art influenced not only Vincent van Gogh, but Matisse and Picasso"-- Provided by publisher.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 367-386) and index.

Local Notes:

Athenaeum copy: Dornsife fund bookplate.

Other Edition:

Reproduction of

Reproduction of: 9780571365937 Prideaux, Sue. London : Faber & Faber Limited, 2024

ISBN:

9781324020424

1324020423

OCLC:

1517843028