Gauguin : portraits

The Resource Gauguin : portraits
Label
Gauguin : portraits
Title remainder
portraits
Statement of responsibility
edited by Cornelia Homburg, Christopher Riopelle ; with contributions by Elizabeth C. Childs, Dario Gamboni, Linda Goddard, Claire Guitton, Jean-David Jumeau-Lafond, Alastair Wright
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  • eng
  • fre
  • eng
Summary
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
Cataloging source
NLC
Date of event
  • May 24-September 8, 2019
  • October 7, 2019-January 26, 2020
Government publication
federal national government publication
Illustrations
  • illustrations
  • portraits
Index
index present
Language note
Text in English, translated from the French
LC call number
ND553.G27
LC item number
A44 2019
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
  • bibliography
  • catalogs
Other event information
  • "Gauguin: Portraits"
  • "Gauguin: Portraits"
Place of event
  • National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
  • The National Gallery, London, England, United Kingdom
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