Gauguin, Paul 1848-1903

Gauguin by Paul Gauguin ( Book )
207 editions published between 1900 and 2012 in 10 languages and held by 2,877 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A study of the life and work of French artist Paul Gauguin

Gauguin and Impressionism by Richard R Brettell ( Book )
4 editions published between 2005 and 2007 in English and held by 995 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"Paul Gauguin (1848-1903) was introduced into the Impressionist circle by Camille Pissarro and contributed major works to five of the eight Impressionist exhibitions between 1879 and 1886. During these years he transformed himself from a banker-stockbroker into a professional artist and from a family man into a solitary searcher for artistic, moral, and spiritual truths. Yet this vital period of Gauguin's life has usually been dismissed as a mere prelude to his brilliant career as an anti-Impressionist. This illustrated book reconsiders Gauguin's apprenticeship as an Impressionist and reassesses his contributions to the movement through the extraordinarily subtle and beautiful paintings, sculpture, and ceramic works he created during the years before 1887." "Richard R. Brettell and Anne-Birgitte Fonsmark argue that Gauguin's Impressionist paintings compare in quality to those of Sisley, Morisot, or Cassatt and that as a sculptor he was second only to Degas. His sculptures and ceramics were even more searching and radical than his early paintings and are crucial to the understanding of his development. Gauguin grappled with the thorniest issues debated by the French avant-garde, and no member of the Impressionist group created works as enigmatic or as wideranging, both artistically and emotionally."--BOOK JACKET

The moon and sixpence by W. Somerset Maugham ( Book )
8 editions published between 1941 and 2007 in English and held by 828 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A British stockbroker abandons his wife and career to pursue a simple life as an artist in Tahiti

Gauguin : maker of myth by Paul Gauguin ( Book )
3 editions published in 2010 in English and held by 765 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Features a compilation of the French painter's work, along with commentaries about important themes, his life, and the use of storytelling in his work

Gauguin Tahiti by George T. M Shackelford ( Book )
3 editions published between 2004 and 2008 in English and held by 716 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Noa Noa by Paul Gauguin ( Book )
101 editions published between 1900 and 2011 in 12 languages and held by 701 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Beschrijving van Gaugin's eerste verblijf op Tahiti van 1891 tot 1893

Phenomenal woman by Maya Angelou ( Book )
3 editions published in 2000 in English and held by 648 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"Phenomenal Woman is a phenomenal poem that speaks to us of where we are as women at the dawn of a new century. In a clear voice, Maya Angelou vividly reminds us of our towering strength and beauty. Here is a poem that radiates wisdom and conviction, renewing our belief in the glory and tender mercies of our gender." --Dust jacket

Sculpture and ceramics of Paul Gauguin by Christopher Gray ( Book )
6 editions published between 1963 and 1980 in English and Undetermined and held by 607 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Paul Gauguin by Paul Gauguin ( Book )
94 editions published between 1927 and 2012 in 10 languages and held by 566 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
From Edvard Munch to Chris Ofili, French painter Paul Gauguin (1848-1903) has exerted a profound influence on artists of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Gauguin began as an Impressionist, contributing major works to the movement's groundbreaking exhibitions between 1879 and 1886. This concise, beautifully illustrated monograph collects Gauguin's most important works. In addition to his well-known paintings of Tahiti, in which the artist constructed his perfect vision of man's communion with the natural world, the book also includes powerful works that reflect the artist's contact with other seminal early modern masters such as Van Gogh and Cezanne

Paul Gauguin, 1848-1903 : the primitive sophisticate by Ingo F Walther ( Book )
9 editions published between 1988 and 2006 in English and held by 554 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
HISTORY OF ART / ART & DESIGN STYLES. Gauguin's search for pristine originality and unadulterated nature After starting a career as a bank broker, Paul Gauguin (1848-1903) turned to painting only at age twenty-five. After initial successes within the Impressionist circle, he broke with Vincent van Gogh and subsequently--when private difficulties caused him to become restless--embarked on a peripatetic life, wandering first through Europe and finally, in the search for pristine originality and unadulterated nature, to Tahiti. The paintings created from this time to his death in 1903 brought him posthumous fame. In pictures devoid of any attempt at romantically disguising the life style of the primitive island peoples, Gauguin was able to convey the magical effect that both the landscapes and life of the natives--their body language, charm and beauty--had on him