Law

Paul Gauguin (1848—1903): Revolutionary Painter Entangled in the Law

Paul Gauguin held a paint brush for the first time probably at age 23, in 1871. He was then working successfully in a stock brokerage firm in Paris. There was nothing unusual about Gauguin at the time ...
Observer

A Self-Dramaturge, That Rotten Gauguin Was a Great Painter

Like so much else in contemporary cultural life, the romance of the exotic has become a casualty of its own Like so much else in contemporary cultural life, the romance of the exotic has become a ...
Artnet

The Getty Bought an ‘Exceedingly Rare’ Gauguin Sculpture for a Reported $5 Million. There’s Just One Problem: It’s Fake

A prized and rare sculpture by Paul Gauguin that was acquired by the J. Paul Getty Museum for a reported $3 million to $5 million has been deemed a fake. Researchers made the change in attribution ...
Time

Art: Gauguin Before Gauguin

Through half a century Paul Gauguin has become increasingly famous as a painter of genius who invented a unique style. In that same period Emile Bernard has languished in the shadow as a second-rate ...
St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Gauguin exhibit shows range of work, but artist seems more controversial than ever

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. 7 min to read We know what art collectors think of Paul Gauguin’s paintings of Polynesian girls and women. The royal family of ...
New York Post

The move to cancel Gauguin could kill off Western culture

Gauguin is being criticized for sex with Polynesian girls, including this one portrayed in his painting "Tehamana Has Many Parents." Corbis via Getty Images At a current Paul Gauguin exhibition at ...
Time

A Brush with Gauguin

“Gauguin was a revolutionary,” says my tour guide Tim as we drive through the rainforests of Hiva Oa. “He fought against the local church, he fought for the rights of us Marquesans. He lived according ...
CNN

Rare letter detailing Van Gogh and Gauguin’s brothel visits sells for $237K at auction

The only known letter to have been jointly written by Vincent van Gogh and Paul Gauguin, in which the former details the pair’s visits to French brothels, sold for more than 210,000 euros ($237,000) ...
Artnet

‘I Want to Replace Gauguin’s Work:’ How Chamorro Painter Gisela McDaniel Gives Survivors of Trauma a Voice With Her Empowering Portraits

On paper, Gisela McDaniel is poised to be the type of young artist who will explode on the market, with soaring auction results and impossible waiting lists. Except, the 25-year-old Detroit-based ...
The New York Times

Paul Gauguin

In “Wild Thing,” Sue Prideaux draws on recently discovered source material, delivering an enthralling account of an artist whose life was as inventive as his art. By Jennifer Szalai How a best-selling ...