书目

Gauguin

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AFrenchmaninTahiti:Gauguin?ssearchforpristineoriginalityandunadulteratednatureAfterstartingacareerasabankbroker,PaulGauguin(1848?1903)turnedtopaintingonlyatagetwenty-five.AfterinitialsuccesseswithintheImpressionistcircle,hebrokewithVincentvanGoghandsubsequently?whenprivatedifficultiescausedhimtobecomerestless?embarkedonaperipateticlife,wanderingfirstthroughEuropeandfinally,inthesearchforpristineoriginalityandunadulteratednature,toTahiti.Thepaintingscreatedfromthistimetohisdeathin1903broughthimposthumousfame.Inpicturesdevoidofanyattemptatromanticallydisguisingthelifestyleoftheprimitiveislandpeoples,Gauguinwasabletoconveythemagicaleffectthatboththelandscapesandlifeofthenatives?theirbodylanguage,charmandbeauty?hadonhim.WearyingofhisreputationasaSouthSeapainter,GauguinfinallydeterminedtoreturntoFrance,butdiedofsyphilisontheMarquisIslandsbeforehisdeparture.Abouttheseries:EachbookinTASCHEN?sBasicArtseriesfeatures:adetailedchronologicalsummaryofthelifeandoeuvreoftheartist,coveringhisorherculturalandhistoricalimportanceaconcisebiographyapproximately100illustrationswithexplanatorycaptions,

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