Now hailed as a leading Post-Impressionist artist, Paul Gaugin's mature oil paintings, with their brilliant colours and strong outlines, are among the most beautiful and groundbreaking works of the nineteenth century art. Gaugin's vision of a tropical arcadia, in the South Seas has beguiled generations of gallery visitors, but a close look at his life and art reveals a complex man driven by a strong desire to explore the unknown, and to discover what he saw as the 'savage' aspects of his own nature.
From Brittaany to Polynesia, Gaugin travelled extensively, searching for a primitive paradise to inspire him. Along the way. he worked restessly, experimentingwith different styles, mediums, and ideas. In his book, author Carolione Bugler tells the story of his astonishingly original artist, who bent the rules in art and life.
