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Paul Gauguin: 1848-1903 the Primitive Sophisticate

Ingo F. Walther

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After starting a career as a bank broker, Paul Gauguin 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. Wearying of his reputation as a South Sea painter, Gauguin finally determined to return to France, but died of syphilis on the Marquis Islands before his departure.

Language: English

Pages: 95

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Taschen

Release: August 01, 1999

ISBN: 3822859869

ISBN 13: 9783822859865

Paul Gauguin: 1848-1903 the Primitive Sophisticate

Ingo F. Walther

4/5 ( ratings)

After starting a career as a bank broker, Paul Gauguin 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. Wearying of his reputation as a South Sea painter, Gauguin finally determined to return to France, but died of syphilis on the Marquis Islands before his departure.

Language: English

Pages: 95

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Taschen

Release: August 01, 1999

ISBN: 3822859869

ISBN 13: 9783822859865

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