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Paul Gauguin
Series: The Great Masters of Art
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Paul Gauguin is ideal for readers interested in art history, particularly those captivated by post-Impressionist movements and the life of avant-garde artists. It suits art enthusiasts, students, and anyone seeking insight into Gauguin's creative universe and personal journey.
Paul Gauguin. Paul Gauguin gave up his promising career at the bank in 1883, deciding that from now onwards I will paint every day."
In 1883 Paul Gauguin abandons his prominent banking career and decides that »from now on I will pai nt every day«. The co - founder of Synthetism and trailblazer of Expressionism turns his back on the bourgeois world, leaves his wife and children, and, in 1891, sets out for the South Sea, financing his journey through the sale of thirty paintings. His thou ghts on art, his existential worries, his discovery of color and his search for paradise come to life again in the excerpts from his letters and statements compiled in this volume. Together with some forty color reproductions of his works, his biography, a nd a preface by an expert, the book introduces readers in a very special way to Gauguin's universe.
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In 1883, Paul Gauguin abandons his prominent banking career and decides that ‘from now on I will paint every day’. The co-founder of Synthetism and trailblazer of Expressionism turns his back on the bourgeois world, leaves his wife and children, and, in 1891, sets out for the South Sea, financing his journey through the sale of thirty paintings.
His thoughts on art, his existential worries, his discovery of colour, and his search for paradise come to life again in the excerpts from his letters and statements compiled in this volume. Together with some forty colour reproductions of his works, his biography, and a preface by an expert, the book introduces readers in a very special way to Gauguin's universe.
Series: The Great Masters of Art
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INFORMATION
ISBN: 9783777428543
Publisher: Hirmer Verlag
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 22 June 2017
Country: Germany
Imprint: Hirmer Verlag
Illustration: Illustrated in colour and duotone throughout
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Width: 140.0mm
Height: 205.0mm
Weight: 280g
Pages: 80
About the Author
Diethard Leopold is an art collector and cofounder of the Leopold Museum in Vienna and chairman of the Leopold Trust. Isabell Cahn is a curator at the Musée d'Orsay in Paris. Markus Müller is director of the Kunstmuseum Pablo Picasso in Münster.
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