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Still, given the hand-wringing and self-righteous mudslinging that have accompanied recent Gauguin exhibitions, the time is ...
It’s hard to know what to make of Paul Gauguin. Postimpressionism is an umbrella term for European painters such as Gauguin ...
Some said Paul Gauguin was a monster, and others said he was a master. Sue Prideaux implies he was both in her book Wild ...
According to naval records, Paul Gauguin’s eyes were brown. In early self-portraits, the French artist painted himself with a ...
Paul Gauguin's quest for artistic purity in Tahiti ... inspired a number of intoxicating paintings. Ia Orana Maria means ‘Hail Mary’ in the local language, and it was Gauguin's first major ...
The show, which runs through 26 January, focuses on Paul Gauguin’s depictions ... and producing his best-known paintings. In the international museum world, Gauguin is a box-office hit.
After examining the French artist Paul Gauguin’s The Little Cat with X-ray imaging, experts at the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam are unraveling the painting’s secrets—including a hidden beetle.
Paul Gauguin's Tahitian mistress Tehamana modeled ... he was well known during his lifetime, but his paintings sold poorly. “Gauguin created his own persona and established his own myth as ...
The night before Christmas Eve 1888, Paul ­Gauguin slipped out of the ... to pay real money – 400 francs – for one of Gauguin's paintings (a huge relief at the time as it enabled him to ...
Paul Gauguin is both well-known and underappreciated ... shapes that represent the boy’s dreams. In his later Tahiti paintings, Gauguin incorporates symbols of dreams and imagination.
Wild Thing: A Life of Paul Gauguin. By Sue Prideaux ... pointing out that many of van Gogh’s best-loved paintings—including the sunflower series—were a response to his fellow artist.