Gauguin : portraits / edited by Cornelia Homburg and Christopher Riopelle ; with contributions by Elizabeth C. Childs [and five others].
Homburg, Cornelia, editor, author.; Riopelle, Christopher, editor, author.; Childs, Elizabeth C., author.; Wright, Alastair, 1965- author.; Jumeau-Lafond, Jean-David, author.; Goddard, Linda, author.; Gamboni, Dario, author.; Guitton, Claire, author.; Gauguin, Paul, 1848-1903. Works. Selections.; Gauguin, Paul, 1848-1903, artist.; Terry, Judith, translator.; MacAvock, Jane, translator.; National Gallery of Canada, issuing body, publisher, organizer, host institution.; National Gallery (Great Britain), issuing body, publisher, organizer, host institution.
2019
N6853.G34 A4 2019
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Title
Gauguin : portraits / edited by Cornelia Homburg and Christopher Riopelle ; with contributions by Elizabeth C. Childs [and five others].
Uniform Title
Gauguin (2019)
ISBN
9780300242737 (hardcover)
0300242735 (hardcover)
0300242735 (hardcover)
Published
Ottawa, Ontario : National Gallery of Canada ; London, England : National Gallery, 2019.
Distributed
New Haven, Connecticut : Distributed by Yale University Press.
Language
English
Language Note
Text in English, translated from the French.
Description
271 pages : color illustrations, portraits, photographs, facsimiles ; 32 cm
Call Number
N6853.G34 A4 2019
Dewey Decimal Classification
759.4
Summary
Paul Gauguin (1848-1903) broke with accepted conventions and challenged audiences to expand their understanding of visual expression. Nowhere is this phenomenon more evident than in his portraits, a genre he remained engaged with throughout all phases of his career. Bringing together more than 60 of Gauguin's portraits in a wide variety of media that includes painting, works on paper, and sculpture, this handsomely illustrated volume is the first focused investigation of the multifaceted ways the artist approached the subject. Essays by a group of international experts consider how the artist's conception of portraiture evolved as he moved between Brittany and Polynesia. They also examine how Gauguin infused his work with symbolic meaning by taking on different roles like the Christ figure and the savage in his self-portraits and by placing his models in suggestive settings with alluring attributes. This welcome addition to the scholarship on one of the 19th century's most innovative and controversial artists reveals fascinating insights into the crucial role that portraiture played in Gauguin's overall artistic practice.
Note
Catalogue of an exhibition held at the National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, and at the National Gallery, London, England.
Issued also in French under the same title.
Paul Gauguin (1848-1903) broke with accepted conventions and challenged audiences to expand their understanding of visual expression. Nowhere is this phenomenon more evident than in his portraits, a genre he remained engaged with throughout all phases of his career. Bringing together more than 60 of Gauguin's portraits in a wide variety of media that includes painting, works on paper, and sculpture, this handsomely illustrated volume is the first focused investigation of the multifaceted ways the artist approached the subject. Essays by a group of international experts consider how the artist's conception of portraiture evolved as he moved between Brittany and Polynesia. They also examine how Gauguin infused his work with symbolic meaning by taking on different roles like the Christ figure and the savage in his self-portraits and by placing his models in suggestive settings with alluring attributes. This welcome addition to the scholarship on one of the 19th century's most innovative and controversial artists reveals fascinating insights into the crucial role that portraiture played in Gauguin's overall artistic practice.
Issued also in French under the same title.
Paul Gauguin (1848-1903) broke with accepted conventions and challenged audiences to expand their understanding of visual expression. Nowhere is this phenomenon more evident than in his portraits, a genre he remained engaged with throughout all phases of his career. Bringing together more than 60 of Gauguin's portraits in a wide variety of media that includes painting, works on paper, and sculpture, this handsomely illustrated volume is the first focused investigation of the multifaceted ways the artist approached the subject. Essays by a group of international experts consider how the artist's conception of portraiture evolved as he moved between Brittany and Polynesia. They also examine how Gauguin infused his work with symbolic meaning by taking on different roles like the Christ figure and the savage in his self-portraits and by placing his models in suggestive settings with alluring attributes. This welcome addition to the scholarship on one of the 19th century's most innovative and controversial artists reveals fascinating insights into the crucial role that portraiture played in Gauguin's overall artistic practice.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Added Author
Homburg, Cornelia, editor, author.
Riopelle, Christopher, editor, author.
Childs, Elizabeth C., author.
Wright, Alastair, 1965- author.
Jumeau-Lafond, Jean-David, author.
Goddard, Linda, author.
Gamboni, Dario, author.
Guitton, Claire, author.
Gauguin, Paul, 1848-1903. Works. Selections.
Gauguin, Paul, 1848-1903, artist.
Terry, Judith, translator.
MacAvock, Jane, translator.
Riopelle, Christopher, editor, author.
Childs, Elizabeth C., author.
Wright, Alastair, 1965- author.
Jumeau-Lafond, Jean-David, author.
Goddard, Linda, author.
Gamboni, Dario, author.
Guitton, Claire, author.
Gauguin, Paul, 1848-1903. Works. Selections.
Gauguin, Paul, 1848-1903, artist.
Terry, Judith, translator.
MacAvock, Jane, translator.
Added Corporate Author
National Gallery of Canada, issuing body, publisher, organizer, host institution.
National Gallery (Great Britain), issuing body, publisher, organizer, host institution.
National Gallery (Great Britain), issuing body, publisher, organizer, host institution.
Includes
Gauguin, Paul, 1848-1903. Works. Selections.
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Table of Contents
Introduction / Cornelia Homburg and Christopher Riopelle
Gaugin's Self-Portraits: Egos and Alter Egos / Alastair Wright
Head of a Savage, Mask / Jean-David Jumuea-LaFond
Seeking Oneself Through Others: Gauguin's Portraits of His Colleagues and Friends / Cornelia Homburg
Gauguin in Brittany / Christopher Riopelle
Portrait Vase, Madame Schuffenecker / Jean-David Jumeau-LaFond
Gauguin's Portraiture in Tahiti: Likeness, Myth and Cultural Identity / Elizabeth C. Childs
'Noa Noa' as Self-Portrait / Linda Goddard
Soyez symboliste: Portrait of Jean Moréas / Jean-David Jumeau-LaFond
Animation and Personhood: Gauguin's Still Lifes as Portraits / Dario Gamboni
Gauguin and Portraiture in the Late Nineteenth Century / Claire Guitton.
Gaugin's Self-Portraits: Egos and Alter Egos / Alastair Wright
Head of a Savage, Mask / Jean-David Jumuea-LaFond
Seeking Oneself Through Others: Gauguin's Portraits of His Colleagues and Friends / Cornelia Homburg
Gauguin in Brittany / Christopher Riopelle
Portrait Vase, Madame Schuffenecker / Jean-David Jumeau-LaFond
Gauguin's Portraiture in Tahiti: Likeness, Myth and Cultural Identity / Elizabeth C. Childs
'Noa Noa' as Self-Portrait / Linda Goddard
Soyez symboliste: Portrait of Jean Moréas / Jean-David Jumeau-LaFond
Animation and Personhood: Gauguin's Still Lifes as Portraits / Dario Gamboni
Gauguin and Portraiture in the Late Nineteenth Century / Claire Guitton.