Paul Gauguin: Artist of Myth and Dream

Hardback

Main Details

Title Paul Gauguin: Artist of Myth and Dream
Authors and Contributors      Edited by Stephen F. Eisenman
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:440
Dimensions(mm): Height 280,Width 239
Category/GenreArt and design styles - c 1800 to c 1900
Painting and paintings
Individual artists and art monographs
ISBN/Barcode 9788861304581
ClassificationsDewey:759.4
Audience
General
Illustrations Illustrated in colour and black and white throughout

Publishing Details

Publisher Skira
Imprint Skira
Publication Date 18 August 2008
Publication Country Italy

Description

An exceptional monograph-catalogue revealing the innovative drive in Gauguin's work. This catalogue offers a unique opportunity to view Gauguin's entire artistic development from his early impressionist works to his final masterpieces painted on the Marquesas Islands where the artist went in search of an Arcadian kingdom "of ecstasy, peace and art, far from the typical European struggle for money". In reality such a paradise on earth no longer existed, not even on the other side of the globe, however the wealth and complexity of life that he found before him there, inspired the creation of a series of works which are among the most vivid and durable in the history of painting.

Author Biography

Stephen F. Eisenman teaches history of art at the Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. He has published several critical studies on modern art and specializes particularly in artistic movements that developed at the end of the twentieth century.