Gauguin’s Vision
Gauguin’s Vision by Belinda Thomson, published by National Galleries Of Scotland on July 19, 2006, is a detailed exploration of Paul Gauguin’s iconic painting, Vision After the Sermon. This edition spans 144 pages and is presented in English, offering insights into the artist’s development and the context surrounding this significant work. The book examines how Gauguin, a mature artist by 1888, created a masterpiece that has sparked extensive art historical analysis and critique.
Readers will find a thorough re-examination of Vision After the Sermon, which features not only Gauguin’s work but also pieces by his mentors and contemporaries, including Paul Cézanne and Edgar Degas. The text delves into the biographical, pictorial, and cultural factors that influenced Gauguin’s artistic choices, providing a comprehensive understanding of the painting’s impact on the art world. This publication serves as a valuable resource for those interested in Gauguin, painting exhibitions, and the broader context of 19th-century art.
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When Paul Gauguin (1848-1903) painted Vision After the Sermon in the summer of 1888 he was a mature artist who had travelled, exhibited and worked in a variety of media. Today the painting is considered a masterpiece, helping to assure Gauguin’s fame the world over. Few paintings have given rise to more art historical analysis and critique, more speculation, admiration or recrimination. Accompanying the innovative painting-in-focus exhibition, ‘Gauguin’s Vision’, this book illuminates one of the most intriguing and famous images in the history of western art. This re-examination of the painting, Vision After the Sermon: Jacob Wrestling with the Angel brings together works by Gauguin, his mentors such as Paul C,zanne and Edgar Degas, and younger contemporaries including Emile Bernard, Paul S,rusier, Maurice Denis and Henri van de Velde. It explores the biographical, pictorial and cultural circumstances that enabled Gauguin to make such a radical statement in paint in 1888. This beautifully illu
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