Gauguin

by Ingo F. Walther

Overview

Before he was painting nudes on Tahitian beaches, Paul Gauguin was a sailor, a salesman in Copenhagen, and a stockbroker in Paris. A leading influence in the post-Impressionist avant-garde, Gauguin settled in the Pacific in search of an unspoiled paradise and in rejection of “artificial” life in Europe. His vivid life story is matched only by his astonishingly bold paintings and masterful acts of color.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783836532235
Publisher:	Taschen America, LLC
Publication date:	01/27/2017
Series:	Basic Art
Pages:	96
Sales rank:	651,902
Product dimensions:	8.40(w) x 10.40(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

Ingo F. Walther (1940–2007) was born in Berlin and studied medieval studies, literature, and art history in Frankfurt am Main and Munich. He published numerous books on the art of the Middle Ages and of the 19th and 20th centuries. Walther’s many titles for TASCHEN include Vincent van Gogh, Pablo Picasso, Art of the 20th Century, and Codices illustres.