Wild Thing

A Life of Paul Gauguin

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A TIMES, DAILY TELEGRAPH, SPECTATOR, ECONOMIST, NEW STATESMAN AND TLS BOOK OF THE YEAR<br><br>LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN''S PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 2025<br>WINNER OF THE POL ROGER DUFF COOPER PRIZE 2025<br>SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 2024<br>WINNER OF THE FRANCO-BRITISH SOCIETY LITERARY AWARD 2024<br><br>A vital re-examination of the trailblazing and controversial artist Paul Gauguin - and the first full biography in over thirty years - written by the award-winning author of I Am Dynamite!: A Life of Nietzsche.<br><br>*Gorgeously illustrated with 70 full-colour images*<br>''Scintillating.'' FINANCIAL TIMES<br>''Immaculate.'' NEW STATESMAN<br>''Phenomenal.'' PROSPECT<br>''A heroic rehabilitation.'' THE TIMES<br><br>Paul Gauguin is chiefly known as the giant of post-Impressionist painting whose bold colours and compositions rocked the Western art world. It is less well known that he was a stockbroker in Paris and that after the 1882 financial crash he struggled to sustain his artistry, and worked as a tarpaulin salesman in Copenhagen, a canal digger in Panama City, and a journalist exposing the injustices of French colonial rule in Tahiti.<br><br>In Wild Thing, the award-winning biographer Sue Prideaux re-examines the adventurous and complicated life of the artist. She illuminates the people, places and ideas that shaped his vision: his privileged upbringing in Peru and rebellious youth in France; the galvanising energy of the Paris art scene; meeting Mette, the woman who he would marry; formative encounters with Vincent van Gogh and August Strindberg; and the ceaseless draw of French Polynesia.<br><br>Prideaux conjures Gauguin's visual exuberance, his creative epiphanies, his fierce words and his flaws with acuity and sensitivity. Drawing from a wealth of new material and access to the artist's family, this myth-busting work invites us to see Gauguin anew.

Artikeldetails

EAN

9780571365937

Sprache

Englisch

Einband / Art

Buch

Maße

238 x 165 x 32 mm

Erscheinungsjahr

2024

Verlag / Hersteller

Faber & Faber