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Gauguin : portraits

Title
Gauguin : portraits / edited by Cornelia Homburg and Christopher Riopelle ; with contributions by Elizabeth C. Childs [and five others].
Publication
  • Ottawa, Ontario : National Gallery of Canada ; London, England : National Gallery, 2019.
  • New Haven, Connecticut : Distributed by Yale University Press
  • ©2019

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Additional Authors
  • Homburg, Cornelia
  • Riopelle, Christopher
  • Childs, Elizabeth C.
  • Wright, Alastair, 1965-
  • Jumeau-Lafond, Jean-David
  • Goddard, Linda
  • Gamboni, Dario
  • Guitton, Claire
  • Gauguin, Paul, 1848-1903.
  • Gauguin, Paul, 1848-1903
  • Terry, Judith
  • MacAvock, Jane
  • National Gallery of Canada, issuing body, publisher, organizer, host institution
  • National Gallery (Great Britain), issuing body, publisher, organizer, host institution
Description
271 pages : color illustrations, portraits, photographs, facsimiles; 32 cm
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.
Uniform Title
Gauguin (2019)
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Portraits.
  • Illustrated works.
  • Essays.
  • Criticism, interpretation, etc.
  • Exhibition catalogs.
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.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Language (note)
  • Text in English, translated from the French.
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.
Call Number
JQG 19-759
ISBN
  • 9780300242737
  • 0300242735
OCLC
1079759872
Title
Gauguin : portraits / edited by Cornelia Homburg and Christopher Riopelle ; with contributions by Elizabeth C. Childs [and five others].
Publisher
Ottawa, Ontario : National Gallery of Canada ; London, England : National Gallery, 2019.
Distributor
New Haven, Connecticut : Distributed by Yale University Press
Copyright Date
©2019
Type of Content
text
still image
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Event
"Gauguin: Portraits" : May 24-September 8, 2019, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
"Gauguin: Portraits" : October 7, 2019-January 26, 2020, The National Gallery, London, England, United Kingdom.
Language
Text in English, translated from the French.
Chronological Term
1800-1899
Place of Publication
Canada Ontario Ottawa.
United Kingdom England London.
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.
National Gallery of Canada, issuing body, publisher, organizer, host institution.
National Gallery (Great Britain), issuing body, publisher, organizer, host institution.
Research Call Number
JQG 19-759
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