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THE MOON AND SIXPENCE (Heritage in slipcase)»rank: 3817567by: W. Somerset Maugham
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Drawing From The Modern»rank: 719299by: Andre Breton, Paul Gauguin, Georges Bataille, Jodi Hauptman, Hans Bellmer, Constantin Brancusi, Paul Cezanne, Marc Chagall, Giorgio De Chirico, Robert Delaunay, Andre Derain, Arthur Dove, Alexandra Alexandrovna Exter, Arshile Gorky, Juan Gris, Gustav Klimt, Wilfredo Lam, Filippo Marinetti, Joan Miro
: :Many of the key achievements in art of the last 125 years have been worked out on paper. From pictorial investigations that expanded the possibilities of vision to the invention of entirely new kinds of media, drawing has been the perfect laboratory for avant-garde experimentation. Drawing from the Modern traces such groundbreaking innovation through the unparalleled holdings of the drawings collection of The Museum of Modern Art.Drawing has historically been understood as a mark or line on paper--the record of a bodily gesture, an inscription of the action of the hand, an expression of the mind. Since the 1880s, however, artists have sought to interrupt these seemingly unbreakable links between mark, hand, ... |
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Noa Noa: The Tahitian Journal (Fine Art Series)»rank: 384011by: Paul Gauguin
: :Impressions from two years in Tahiti. Compelling autobiographical fragment. 24 b/w illus. |
Gauguin Tahiti»rank: 453854by: Paul Gauguin, Claire FrEches-Thory
: :The life of Paul Gauguin is one of the richest and most mythic in the history of Western art. A banker and 'Sunday painter,' he left behind family and homeland and sailed to the South Seas, seeking a life 'in ecstasy, in peace, and for art.' Gauguin Tahiti, the first major retrospective of the artist's work in fifteen years, offers an in-depth study of the fabled Polynesian years that have so defined our image of the painter. Alongside essays by leading American and French critics on every aspect of Gauguin's art, from the legendary canvases to his sculptures, ceramics, and innovative graphic works, are discussions of the Polynesian society, culture, and religion ... |
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'Primitivism' in 20th Century Art: Affinity of the Tribal and the Modern»rank: 695374by: Paul Gauguin, Ezio Bassani, Christian Feest, Sidney Geist, Donald Gordon, Jean Laude, Gail Levin, Jean-Louis Paudrat, Philippe Peltier, Laura Rosenstock, Alan Wilkinson, Evan Maurer, Richard Oldenburg, Jack Flam, Rosalind Krauss, Constantin Brancusi, Jacques Lipchitz, Amadeo Modigliani, Henri Moore, Alberto Giacometti, Kirk Varnedoe
: :'In 1906 tribal sculpture was ''discovered'' by 20th century artists; these objects had suddenly become relevant because of changes in the nature of modern art itself. These two volumes comprise the first comprehensive scholarly treatment in half a century of the crucial influence of the tribal arts--particularly those of Africa and Oceania--on modern painters and sculptors. In this visually stunning and intellectually provocative work, 19 essays confront complex aesthetic, art-historical, and sociological problems posed by this dramatic chapter in the history of modern art. The main body of the book contains a series of essays on primitivism in the works of Gauguin, the Fauves, Picasso, Brancusi, the German Expressionists, Lipchitz, Modigliani, Klee, ... |
Artists and Prints: Masterworks from the Collection of The Museum of Modern Art»rank: 197197by: Paul Gauguin, Deborah Wye, Henri de Toulouse-Latrec, Pierre Bonnard, El Lissitzky, Pablo Picasso, Jackson Pollock, Gerhard Richter, James Rosenquist, Paul Carlos, Chris Zichello
: :The creativity of the most celebrated artists of the modern period has been enriched and expanded by their work in the print medium. Exploiting the potential of such techniques as woodcut, lithography, etching and screenprint, as well as other processes, these artists have added immeasurably to their expressive vocabularies. Many have availed themselves of the expertise offered by master printers in professional workshops and have benefited from the fruits of such collaboration. They have found inspiration in traditional printed formats, such as portfolios and illustrated books, and have used them to explore thematic interests. As a result of these experiences, printmaking has exerted influence on their work in other mediums and has ... |
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The Writings Of A Savage»rank: 485570by: Paul Gauguin
: :The 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 color 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 ... |
Gauguin Fine Art Tattoos»rank: 713187by: Paul Gauguin
: :Handsome adaptations of details from four of the artist's paintings: Vision after the Sermon: Jacob Wrestling with the Angel; Woman with a Mango (Vahine No Te Vi); Nafea Faaipoipo (When Are You Getting Married?); and Caricature Self-Portrait. |
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Century Of Artists Books, A»rank: 1159267by: Paul Gauguin, Riva Castleman, Richard Oldenburg, Marc Chagall, Kasimir Malevich, Henri de Toulouse-Latrec, Marcel Duchamp, Henri Matisse, Pablo Picasso
: :This splendid celebration of the illustrated book as an art form begins with remarkable works produced in France by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec and Paul Gauguin at the end of the 19th century, and traces the international development of the modern illustrated book to the last decade of the 20th century. Major artists of the modern movement, among them Marc Chagall, Henri Matisse, and Pablo Picasso, turned to the 'illumination' of poems, classical literature, and their own writings to make books that are now collectors' objects, luxuriously produced. Such limited editions have continued to be produced alongside other types of artists' books aimed at a much larger audience. The more available artists' books ... |
Gauguin's Intimate Journals»rank: 410836by: Paul Gauguin
: :Revealing documents, reprinted from rare, limited edition, throw much light on the painter's inner life, his tumultuous relationship with van Gogh, evaluations of Degas, Monet, and other artists; hatred of hypocrisy and sham, life in the Marquesas Islands, much more. 27 full-page illustrations by Gauguin. Preface by Emil Gauguin. |