Gauguin

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Portraits

Summary

Gauguin offers the first focused investigation into Paul Gauguin's portraits, showcasing over 60 works across painting, sculpture, and works on paper. The book explores how Gauguin expanded portraiture by infusing symbolic meaning and adopting varied roles in his self-portraits, reflecting his moves between Brittany and Polynesia. Essays by international experts illuminate the evolution and importance of portraiture within Gauguin's innovative and controversial artistic career.
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Format: Hardback

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This volume is ideal for art historians, students, and aficionados interested in 19th-century art, modernism, and portraiture, as well as visitors to the National Gallery exhibitions in Ottawa and London.

Description

The first in-depth investigation of Gauguin’s portraits, revealing how the artist expanded the possibilities of the genre in new and exciting ways.

Paul Gauguin (1848–1903) broke with accepted conventions and challenged audiences to expand their understanding of visual expression. Nowhere is this phenomenon more evident than in his portraits, a genre he remained engaged with throughout all phases of his career. Bringing together more than 60 of Gauguin’s portraits in a wide variety of media that includes painting, works on paper, and sculpture, this handsomely illustrated volume is the first focused investigation of the multifaceted ways the artist approached the subject.

Essays by a group of international experts consider how the artist’s conception of portraiture evolved as he moved between Brittany and Polynesia. They also examine how Gauguin infused his work with symbolic meaning by taking on different roles like the Christ figure and the savage in his self-portraits and by placing his models in suggestive settings with alluring attributes. This welcome addition to the scholarship on one of the 19th century’s most innovative and controversial artists reveals fascinating insights into the crucial role that portraiture played in Gauguin’s overall artistic practice.

Distributed for the National Gallery of Canada

Exhibition Schedule:

National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa
(05/24/19–09/08/19)

National Gallery, London
(10/07/19–01/26/20)

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New York Times Book Review praises the book as "visually luxurious" and a persuasive reminder of Gauguin's pioneering role in modernism, highlighting the enduring beauty of his art despite ethical reservations. Intelligent Magazine calls it the first in-depth investigation revealing how Gauguin revolutionised portraiture.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780300242737

Publisher: Yale University Press

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 18 June 2019

Country: United States

Imprint: Yale University Press

Illustration: 154 color + 12 b-w illus.

Contributors:

Contributions by Dario Gamboni
Contributions by Linda Goddard
Edited by Cornelia Homburg
Edited by Christopher Riopelle
Contributions by Elizabeth Childs
Contributions by Claire Guitton
Contributions by Jean-David Jumeau-Lafond
Contributions by Alastair Wright

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 241.0mm

Height: 305.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 272

Collections

Arts & Culture Non-Fiction

About the Author

Cornelia Homburg is guest curator at the National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa. Christopher Riopelle is curator of post-1800 paintings at the National Gallery, London.