Paul Gauguin. Breakthrough into Modernity
Lemonedes, H,Thomson, B,Juszczak, A
In 1889, Paul Gauguin (1848–1903) organized the independent "L’Exposition de Peintures du Groupe Impressionniste et Synthésiste" at Café Volpini with his followers on the occasion of the Paris World’s Fair. The French artist presented an extraordinary portfolio of prints in this framework for the first time: the so-called "Suite Volpini", an ensemble of eleven lithographs printed on radiant yellow paper. The publication examines the year 1889 as a defining moment in Gauguin’s development in which his autonomous, revolutionary new painting style and the central motifs of his work were unmistakably formed. It reconstructs the Volpini exhibition in the process, demonstrating the radicality of the works produced by...
ISBN: 978-3-7757-2427-2
Дата выхода: июль 2011
