Gauguin : the other world
Dori, Fabrizio2017
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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.
Main title:
Gauguin : the other world / Fabrizio Dori.
Author:
Dori, Fabrizio, author
Imprint:
London : SelfMadeHero, 2017.
Collation:
144 pages : chiefly illustrations (colour).
Series title:
ISBN:
9781910593271 (pbk. :)
Dewey class:
741.5
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
1835028