Tells the story of French artist Paul Gauguin's sojourn in Tahiti where he traveled in 1891 and remained two years creating some of his most memorable paintings.
Surveys the life and works of nineteenth-century French artist Paul Gauguin; provides analyses of his masterpieces; discusses the historical and social context in which Gauguin painted; and includes over three hundred color reproductions of his work.
Presents a collection of the Polynesian art of nineteenth-century artist Paul Gauguin and includes essays by leading French and American critics on Gauguin's art, sculpture, ceramics, and graphic works.