Gauguin : portraits /
Gauguin : portraits /
edited by Cornelia Homburg and Christopher Riopelle ; with contributions by Elizabeth C. Childs [and five others].
- 271 pages : color illustrations, portraits, photographs, facsimiles ; 32 cm.
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.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction / Gaugin's Self-Portraits: Egos and Alter Egos / Head of a Savage, Mask / Seeking Oneself Through Others: Gauguin's Portraits of His Colleagues and Friends / Gauguin in Brittany / Portrait Vase, Madame Schuffenecker / Gauguin's Portraiture in Tahiti: Likeness, Myth and Cultural Identity / 'Noa Noa' as Self-Portrait / Soyez symboliste: Portrait of Jean Moréas / Animation and Personhood: Gauguin's Still Lifes as Portraits / Gauguin and Portraiture in the Late Nineteenth Century / Cornelia Homburg and Christopher Riopelle -- Alastair Wright -- Jean-David Jumuea-LaFond -- Cornelia Homburg -- Christopher Riopelle -- Jean-David Jumeau-LaFond -- Elizabeth C. Childs -- Linda Goddard -- Jean-David Jumeau-LaFond -- Dario Gamboni -- Claire Guitton.
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.
Text in English, translated from the French.
9780300242737 0300242735
Gauguin, Paul, 1848-1903 --Exhibitions.
Gauguin, Paul, 1848-1903 --Criticism and interpretation.
Gauguin, Paul, 1848-1903 --Themes, motives.
Gauguin, Paul, 1848-1903 --Expositions.
Portraits, French--19th century--Exhibitions.
Post-impressionism (Art)--France--19th century--Exhibitions.
Primitivism in art--France--19th century--Exhibitions.
Male artists--France--19th century--Exhibitions.
Exhibition catalogs.
Portraits.
Illustrated works.
Essays.
N6853 .G34 / A4 2019
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.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction / Gaugin's Self-Portraits: Egos and Alter Egos / Head of a Savage, Mask / Seeking Oneself Through Others: Gauguin's Portraits of His Colleagues and Friends / Gauguin in Brittany / Portrait Vase, Madame Schuffenecker / Gauguin's Portraiture in Tahiti: Likeness, Myth and Cultural Identity / 'Noa Noa' as Self-Portrait / Soyez symboliste: Portrait of Jean Moréas / Animation and Personhood: Gauguin's Still Lifes as Portraits / Gauguin and Portraiture in the Late Nineteenth Century / Cornelia Homburg and Christopher Riopelle -- Alastair Wright -- Jean-David Jumuea-LaFond -- Cornelia Homburg -- Christopher Riopelle -- Jean-David Jumeau-LaFond -- Elizabeth C. Childs -- Linda Goddard -- Jean-David Jumeau-LaFond -- Dario Gamboni -- Claire Guitton.
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.
Text in English, translated from the French.
9780300242737 0300242735
Gauguin, Paul, 1848-1903 --Exhibitions.
Gauguin, Paul, 1848-1903 --Criticism and interpretation.
Gauguin, Paul, 1848-1903 --Themes, motives.
Gauguin, Paul, 1848-1903 --Expositions.
Portraits, French--19th century--Exhibitions.
Post-impressionism (Art)--France--19th century--Exhibitions.
Primitivism in art--France--19th century--Exhibitions.
Male artists--France--19th century--Exhibitions.
Exhibition catalogs.
Portraits.
Illustrated works.
Essays.
N6853 .G34 / A4 2019