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Paul Gauguin

Posted inArt

Gauguin’s Predatory Colonial Gaze

by Michael Glover October 26, 2019October 18, 2021

Is it fair to use contemporary standards to judge a man who died 116 years ago?

Posted inBooks

Broaching the Subject of Beauty

by David Carrier August 31, 2019August 30, 2019

A look at three paintings from the cusp of the 20th century that make a powerful argument for beauty.

Posted inArt

The Complete History of Cubism in One Blockbuster Exhibition

by Joseph Nechvatal January 7, 2019

The first exhibition devoted to Cubism in France since 1953 illustrates how the radical art movement shattered western pictorial conventions.

Posted inFilm

A New Biopic on Gauguin in Tahiti Paints a Skewed Portrait

Avatar photo by Dan Schindel July 16, 2018

Gauguin: Voyage to Tahiti maneuvers around its subject’s more questionable actions by pretending they don’t exist.

Posted inArt

Gauguin’s Decorative and Graphic Art, Beyond His Paintings of Paradise

by Joseph Nechvatal January 9, 2018January 10, 2018

Paul Gauguin’s decorative works, sculpture, wood carvings, and graphic artworks highlight his stimulating color harmonies and rich compositions, even as some of the subject matter sits uncomfortably with today’s standards.

Posted inComics

Why Did Gauguin Make People So Angry?

by Jessica Campbell August 21, 2017

The painter’s quest for a more “primitive” life took him from France to Tahiti and back — and then back again.

Posted inNews

Recently Discovered Photographs May Be the Only Ones of Paul Gauguin in Tahiti

by Claire Voon February 9, 2017

Two photographs taken on the same day in July 1896 show a person resembling known photos of Gauguin as well as the artist’s self-portraits.

Posted inBooks

Hard Looking: Proust and Gauguin on Art

Avatar photo by Thomas Micchelli January 7, 2017January 7, 2017

Gauguin’s art furthered the dematerialization of beauty that Proust discerned in Rembrandt’s use of light by freeing color from form and drawing from realism.

Posted inArt

Inside van Gogh’s Bedroom

by Philip A Hartigan February 25, 2016February 29, 2016

CHICAGO — On Monday, February 15, I slept in Vincent van Gogh’s bedroom, the room from the Yellow House in Arles that he famously painted in 1888 and 1889.

Posted inIn Brief

Newly Discovered Photo Offers a Glimpse of van Gogh, Gauguin, and Other Drunk Artists

Avatar photo by Allison Meier June 19, 2015June 25, 2015

While Vincent van Gogh’s self-portraits were a significant part of his painting career, no confirmed photographs of the artist as an adult are known to exist.

Posted inIn Brief

Previously Unknown Gauguin Reveals a Lot About the Artist

Avatar photo by Hrag Vartanian June 11, 2014June 13, 2014

A previously unknown still life by artist Paul Gauguin has surfaced at Bonhams auction house in London.

Posted inArt

Posthumous Prognosis for Supposedly Syphilitic Gauguin, via His Teeth

Avatar photo by Allison Meier February 27, 2014March 3, 2014

It’s long been believed that painter Paul Gauguin was wrecked by syphilis when he died in the Marquesas Islands in 1903, but thanks to some old teeth thrown down a well, he may posthumously be given a cleaner bill of health.

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