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Book SynopsisThe life of Paul Gauguin (1848-1903), who abandoned his wife, five children, and a successful career as a stockbroker to paint in poverty in exotic Tahiti, is one of the legendary tales of the art world. Today he is recognized as a highly influential founding father of modern art, who emphasized the use of flat planes and bright, nonnaturalistic colour in conjunction with symbolic or primitive subjects. Familiarity with Gauguin the writer is essential for a complete understanding of the artist. The Writings of a Savage collects the very best of his letters, articles, books, and journals, many of which are unavailable elsewhere. In brilliantly lucid discussions of life and art Gauguin paints a triumphant self-portrait of a volcanic artist and the tormented man within.
Table of Contents* Introduction by Wayne Andersen Gauguin in France * Gauguins Beginnings * Notes on Art at the Universal Exhibition (July 4 and 11, 1889) * Who is Being Deceived Here? (September 21, 1889) * Huysmans and Redon (end of 1889) * Letter to J. F. Willumsen (late 1890) First Stay in Tahiti * Ancient Maori Religion * Notebook for Ailne Back in France * Noa Noa (end of 1893) * In Two Latitudes (May 1894) * About Svres and the Latest Kiln (April 25, 1895) * Interview with Paul Gauguin (May 13, 1895) Second Stay in Oceania * A Letter to Charles Morice (January 1897) * Miscellaneous Things (189698) * A Letter to Charles Morice (November 1897) * A Letter to Daniel de Monfreid (February 1898) * Against the Catholic Church * Two Essays * Le Sourire and Les Gupes (18991900) * Gauguin and the Art Speculators * Racantars de Rapin (1902) * Avant et Aprs (JanuaryFebruary 1903) * Last Writings (November 1902April 1903) * The Empire of Death (May 8, 1903)
