Gauguin

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Artist as Alchemist

By Gloria Groom

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Gauguin presents an unprecedented exploration of Paul Gauguin's multifaceted artistry, spanning works on paper, clay, wood, paint, and furniture. This volume reveals his enduring fascination with craft and applied arts, highlighting how these mediums informed and enriched his creative process. Through new research, the book portrays Gauguin as a consummate craftsman, whose innovative use of diverse materials liberated him from traditional artistic constraints and shaped his legacy across painting, sculpture, ceramics, and printmaking.
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Ideal for enthusiasts of modern art, craft, and artistic experimentation, as well as scholars interested in the broader scope of Gauguin's work beyond painting.

An unprecedented exploration of Gauguin's works in various media, from works on paper to clay and furniture

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An unprecedented exploration of Gauguin’s works in various media, from works on paper to clay and furniture

Paul Gauguin (1848–1903) was a creative force above and beyond his legendary work as a painter. Surveying the full scope of his career-spanning experiments in different media and formats—clay, works on paper, wood, and paint, as well as furniture and decorative friezes—this volume delves into his enduring interest in craft and applied arts, reflecting on their significance to his creative process. Gauguin: Artist as Alchemist draws on extensive new research into the artist’s working methods, presenting him as a consummate craftsman—one whose transmutations of the ordinary yielded new and remarkable forms.

Beautifully designed and illustrated, this book includes essays by an international team of scholars who offer a rich analysis of Gauguin’s oeuvre beyond painting. By embracing other art forms, which offered fewer dominant models to guide his work, Gauguin freed himself from the burden of artistic precedent. In turn, these groundbreaking creative forays, especially in ceramics, gave new direction to his paintings. The authors’ insightful emphasis on craftsmanship deepens our understanding of Gauguin’s considerable achievements as a painter, draftsman, sculptor, ceramist, and printmaker within the history of modern art.

Distributed for the Art Institute of Chicago

Exhibition Schedule:

The Art Institute of Chicago
(06/25/17–09/10/17)

Grand Palais, Paris
(10/09/17–01/21/18)

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780300217018

Publisher: Yale University Press

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 08 July 2017

Country: United States

Imprint: Yale University Press

Illustration: 408 color + 11 b-w illus.

Contributors:

Contributions by Claire Bernardi
Contributions by Isabelle Cahn
Contributions by Ophelie Ferlier
Contributions by Dario Gamboni
Contributions by Gloria Groom
Contributions by Allison Perelman
Contributions by Harriet Stratis
Contributions by Isabelle Cahn

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 229.0mm

Height: 305.0mm

Weight: 2268g

Pages: 336

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Arts & Culture Gloria Groom Non-Fiction

About the Author

Gloria Groom is chair of European Painting and Sculpture and the David and Mary Winton Green Curator at the Art Institute of Chicago. Dario Gamboni is full professor at the Université de Genève. Harriet K. Stratis is senior research conservator in the Department of Prints and Drawings at the Art Institute of Chicago. Ophélie Ferlier-Bouat is curator of sculpture at the Musée d’Orsay. Claire Bernardi is curator of paintings at the Musée d’Orsay. Allison Perelman is research associate in the Department of European Painting and Sculpture at the Art Institute of Chicago. Isabelle Cahn is chief curator of paintings at the Musée d’Orsay. Estelle Bégué is painting documentalist at the Musée d’Orsay. Nadège Horner is sculpture documentalist at the Musée d’Orsay. Elsa Badie Modiri is painting documentalist at the Musée d’Orsay.