Bibliograph

Gauguin, the other world, Fabrizio Dori ; translation from the French by Edward Gauvin

Type

Label

Gauguin, the other world, Fabrizio Dori ; translation from the French by Edward Gauvin

Language

eng

resource.biographical

individual biography

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Gauguin

Nature of contents

comics graphic novels

Oclc number

956480434

Responsibility statement

Fabrizio Dori ; translation from the French by Edward Gauvin

Series statement

Art masters

Sub title

the other world

Summary

In 1891, Paul Gauguin (1848--1903) arrives on the French Polynesian island of Tahiti. In this lush paradise, he is liberated from the concerns of the city-dwelling European. He is free: to love, to sing, and to create. In Copenhagen, Gauguin's wife enjoys no such freedom. She would rather forget her odious husband and his degenerate artwork. Instead, in a city resistant to the avant-garde, she is tasked with selling a collection of his extravagantly priced Tahitian paintings. When they finally go on sale--in Paris, shortly after Gauguin's return--sales are catastrophic. For Monet, Renoir, and the rest of the old guard, nothing indicates that these bizarre, visionary works are of any lasting significance. A biography of an artist whose qualities as a man won him few admirers in his own lifetime, but whose talents as a painter would have an enormous influence on the art of Picasso, Matisse, and many more

Target audience

adult

Classification