Notice bibliographique
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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté. Image fixe : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Boyle-Turner, Caroline (1949-....)
Titre(s) : Paul Gauguin & the Marquesas [Texte imprimé] : paradise found ? / Caroline Boyle-Turner ; preface by Maria Gauguin
Publication : [Pont-Aven] : Vagamundo, DL 2016
Impression : 29-Saint-Thonan : Cloître impr.
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (253 p.) : ill. en coul. ; 27 cm
Note(s) : Bibliogr. p. 227-234. Index
Sujet(s) : Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903) -- Résidences et lieux familiers -- Marquises (Polynésie française ; îles)
Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903) -- Dernières années
Indice(s) Dewey :
759.4 (23e éd.) = Peinture - France
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 979-10-92521-14-6 (rel.) : 44 EUR
EAN 9791092521146
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb45099717v
Notice n° :
FRBNF45099717
Résumé : While the work Gauguin produced in Tahiti has been extensively catalogued and analyzed
over the past century, his last years in Atuona on the island of Hiva Oa in the Marquesas
have received only glancing attention. The art and writing from this period nonetheless
show a deep engagement with questions of traditional Marquesan beliefs, colonial and
church authority and changing definitions of “exotic”. Caroline Boyle-Turner focuses
on the challenges Gauguin faced to intercede, invent, interpret or even ignore these
complicated and often conflicting issues as he developed a powerful and poetic body
of art. Paul Gauguin and the Marquesas: Paradise Found? is based on detailed research
that focuses on the writings and the works of Gauguin himself. His letters and especially
his book Avant et après are quoted extensively - what better voice is there to understand
his art than his own words? Yet Gauguin worked hard to create a not always accurate
myth of himself as both a poet and a savage. The author of this book untangles some
of these myths by burrowing into colonial records in France, the Musée de Tahiti et
des îles and the Société des Études Océaniennes (both in Papeete) as well as the resources
of the Musée du quai Branly, Musée d'Orsay Documentation Center, the Bibliothèque
Nationale and the Service Protestant de Mission DEFAP in Paris. The author's discussions
with Gauguin's Marquesan descendants, archeologists, anthropologists, botanists and
historians who specialize in South Pacific studies broaden the understanding of Gauguin's
surroundings, both real and imagined. [source éditeur]
