Screen LibraryPaul Gauguin, 1848-1903 : the primitive sophisticate /
HISTORY OF ART / ART & DESIGN STYLES. Gauguin's search for pristine originality and unadulterated nature After starting a career as a bank broker, Paul Gauguin (1848-1903) turned to painting only at age twenty-five. After initial successes within the Impressionist circle, he broke with Vinc...
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Taschen GmbH,
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| Publisher Address: | Koln : |
| Publication Dates: | [2013] |
| Literature type: | Book |
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English German |
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HISTORY OF ART / ART & DESIGN STYLES. Gauguin's search for pristine originality and unadulterated nature After starting a career as a bank broker, Paul Gauguin (1848-1903) turned to painting only at age twenty-five. After initial successes within the Impressionist circle, he broke with Vincent van Gogh and subsequently--when private difficulties caused him to become restless--embarked on a peripatetic life, wandering first through Europe and finally, in the search for pristine originality and unadulterated nature, to Tahiti. The paintings created from this time to his death in 1903 brought him posthumous fame. In pictures devoid of any attempt at romantically disguising the life style of the primitive island peoples, Gauguin was able to convey the magical effect that both the landscapes and life of the natives--their body language, charm and beauty--had on him. |
| Carrier Form: | 95 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour) ; 31 cm |
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9783836543439 3836543435 |
| Index Number: | ND553 |
| CLC: | J231(565) |
| Call Number: | J231(565)/W237 |
| Contents: | The Age of Impressionism, 1848-1887 -- Suggestion and expression, 1888-1891 -- Tahiti: a studio in the tropics, 1891-1893 -- "The greatest modern painter", 1893-1895 -- The legacy of the tropics, 1895-1903 -- Paul Gauguin, 1848-1903: a chronology. |