{"product_id":"gauguin-by-ingo-f-walther-9783836532235","title":"Gauguin","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePaul Gauguin\u003c\/em\u003e (1848-1903) was not cut out for finance. Nor did he last particularly long in the French Navy, or as a tarpaulin salesman in Copenhagen who did not speak Danish. He began painting in his spare time in 1873 and in 1876 took part in the Paris Salon. Three years later, he was exhibiting alongside Pissarro, Degas, and Monet.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA querulous, hard-drinking individual, Gauguin often called himself a savage. His \u003cstrong\u003eclose but fraught friendship with the similarly temperamental Vincent van Gogh\u003c\/strong\u003e climaxed in a violent incident in 1888, when van Gogh purportedly confronted Gauguin with a razor blade, and later cut off his own ear. Shortly afterwards, following the completion of a midcareer masterpiece \u003cem\u003eVision After the Sermon\u003c\/em\u003e (1888), \u003cstrong\u003eGauguin took himself to Tahiti, with the intention of escaping \"everything that is artificial and conventional...\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOn Tahiti, Gauguin's \u003cstrong\u003eunfettered joy in the island's nature, native people, and figurative images\u003c\/strong\u003e soared, spurring a prolific output of paintings and prints. In works such as \u003cem\u003eWoman with a Flower\u003c\/em\u003e (Vahine no te Tiare, 1891) and \u003cem\u003eSacred Spring: Sweet Dreams\u003c\/em\u003e (Nave Nave Moe, 1894), he developed a distinct, Primitivist style that positively oozed with \u003cstrong\u003esunshine and colour\u003c\/strong\u003e. In the tradition of \u003cstrong\u003eexotic sensuality\u003c\/strong\u003e, his thick, buttery lashings of paint lingered in particular over the curves of Tahitian women.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eGauguin died alone, on Tahiti's neighbouring Marquesas Islands, with many of his personal papers and belongings dispersed in a local auction. It was not until a smart art dealer began curating and showing Gauguin's work in Paris that the \u003cstrong\u003eartist's profound influence\u003c\/strong\u003e began making itself felt, especially to the new breed of French avant-garde artists, such as \u003cstrong\u003ePicasso and Matisse\u003c\/strong\u003e. This book offers the essential introduction to the artist's truly colourful life, from the Impressionist salons of 1870s Paris to his final days in the Pacific, productive and passionate to the end.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Thames and Hudson (Australia) Pty Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47596461719788,"sku":"9783836532235","price":53.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9783836532235-gauguin.jpg?v=1777926577","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/gauguin-by-ingo-f-walther-9783836532235","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}