Gauguin

Synopsis of Gauguin

«Gauguin» is the art monograph by Gabriele Crepaldi on Paul Gauguin, published by Editions de la Martinière in paperback (143 pages, in French).

Illustrated monograph that traces the life and work of Paul Gauguin, a nineteenth-century French painter who moved away from Impressionist Paris in search of a purer, more exotic art. It follows his journeys from Brittany to Tahiti and the Marquesas Islands, analyses his most notable paintings and places them in their social, cultural and political context.

The book was originally published in French in 1999 and is number 5 in the Art-Poche collection.

For readers interested in art monographs and nineteenth-century painting.