Gauguin initially worked as a successful stockbroker before turning to art full-time in his late 30s. He spent much of his artistic career in Tahiti and the South Pacific, where he was inspired by the local culture and landscapes.
When Gauguin returned to France in 1893, he spent most of his time in Paris promoting his work and writing and illustrating Noa Noa, a fictionalized account of his Tahitian experience. Day of the Gods (Mahana No Atua), one of the very few paintings Gauguin completed during this period, is...
Gauguin returned to France at the end of August 1893 from his first stay in Tahiti. He took rooms in Paris and in mid-September persuaded the dealer Paul Durand-Ruel to hold a one-man show of his recent paintings and sculptures. While he was selecting between forty and fifty paintings, ...
Gauguin first stayed in Tahiti from 1891 to 1893, before returning to France for two years. He arrived back in Tahiti’s capital, Papeete, on 9 September 1895, and met Agostini, who was head of public works, very shortly afterwards. They both sailed onL’Aubeon 26 September, for a voyag...
Gauguin produced sixty six paintings during this first two-year-long stay in Tahiti; paintings that were to both redefine modern art and inspire future generations for decades to come. In general these works can be classified into two types, those made seemingly documenting or inspired by the op...
French artist Paul Gauguin's bold colors, exaggerated body proportions and stark contrasts helped him achieve broad success in the late 19th century.
Art history Gauguin's Tahitian bodies| Patriarchy and racism in fin-de-siecle Tahiti UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI - KANSAS CITY Frances Connelly StaleyKeely DawnPaul Gauguin's exemplary Tahitian oeuvre is known for its simple lines, vivid color and focus on the Tahitian body. Largely, these paintings ...
Gauguin Tahiti 2025 pdf epub mobi 电子书 图书描述 An in-depth exploration of Gauguin's Polynesian years, based on numerou letters and documents, plus a wide range of paintings, carvings, and photographs. Gauguin Tahiti 2025 pdf epub mobi 电子书 ...
Included are 48 full-page colour plates, not only of his best known, beautiful , atmospheric paintings of Tahiti in which Gauguin attempted to reconstruct the perfect life which he had failed to find in reality, but also of many powerful works which reflect the artist’s contact with other ...
1899, Gauguin left Paris for the last time, moving back to Tahiti. In 1901, he moved to the remote Marquesas Islands, where he lived until his death in 1903. The paintings and prints he created at the end of his life were a return to his roots of still-life and Impressionistic images...