In the spring of 1891, the artist, Paul Gauguin left France on his first journey to Tahiti. During his stay there, he achieved an intensification of colour and formal simplicity in his painting. In the more than 200 paintings he produced in the South Pacific, Gauguin was primarily concerned with expressing his own condition and his ideas about the world, including his hopes for a reconciliation between civilization and nature, culture and primitivism. This is particularly clear in his book "Noa Noa", which he wrote and illustrated to provide his audience in far-off Paris with an introduction to his paintings. Eckhard Hollmann presents a view of Gauguin as a rebel and outsider in art, not forgetting the French painter's impressive self-dramatizations, the sole purpose of which was to establish a socially respected position for the artist. An analysis of Gauguin's paintings, his living conditions, and his writings casts new light on his significance as the "prophet of a new form of art" and pioneer of modernism.
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This review is from: Paul Gauguin: Images from the South Seas (Pegasus Library) (Hardcover)
This survey of Gauguin's later work and career provided an excellent complement to Maugham's "The Moon and Sixpence". The book provides the historical background to separate the facts from the rumors that circulated after his death. The excellent reproductions (all in color) are well chosen to complement the text and sequenced so that they are on or near the pages on which they are discussed. The book is an easy read and an excellent bargain for a hardbound book so well illustrated.
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