Belinda Thomson
Autore di Impressionism: Origins, Practice, Reception
Sull'Autore
Fonte dell'immagine: Belinda Thomson
Opere di Belinda Thomson
Gauguin : Maker of myth [cat. exp., London, Tate Modern; Sept 2010-Jan 2011] (2010) — Editor, contributor — 40 copie
Gauguin : Maker of myth [cat. exp., National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., Feb. 27 - Jun. 5, 2011] (2010) — A cura di — 37 copie
Bonnard at Le Bosquet : [cat. exp., Hayward Gallery, London, 23 June-29 August 1994, Laing Art Gallery Newcastle, 9… (1900) 15 copie
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Etichette
Informazioni generali
- Data di nascita
- 1953-04-25
- Sesso
- female
- Nazionalità
- UK
- Istruzione
- Courtauld Institute of Art (MA)
- Attività lavorative
- art historian
professor - Relazioni
- Thomson, Richard (spoue)
- Premi e riconoscimenti
- University of Edinburgh (Honorary Fellow)
Chevalier dans l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (2012)
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 19
- Opere correlate
- 1
- Utenti
- 666
- Popolarità
- #37,863
- Voto
- 3.6
- Recensioni
- 4
- ISBN
- 72
- Lingue
- 9
"Following established precedent, Gauguin by himself is concerned to present as comprehensive a picture of the life and work of its subject as possible, by means of the artist's paintings, drawings, ceramics, sculpture and prints on the one hand, and his written words on the other. Paul Gauguin, like Vincent van Gogh, was unusual among his contemporaries in the importance he attached to the activity of writing. As well as being a lively correspondent, at certain moments in his career he found the written word a more biddable medium for self-expression than paint and canvas. Gauguin's art and writing combined provide an extraordinary charting of his progress as he learned to master his craft and ventured forth around the colonial globe in pursuit of an elusive dream. Although compilations have been devoted to Gauguin as a writer, this is the first publication to attempt a complementary presentation of the two activities." "A complete edition of Gauguin's correspondence is in the process of being published and a number of facsimiles of his various self-contained 'books' such as his Cahier pour Aline or Noa Noa exist, but a comprehensive collection of his other writings and journalism has yet to appear. The current selection has been made with a view to providing insights into Gauguin's character and thought, as well as a concise and self-explanatory counterpoint to his artistic development; it does not pretend to be exhaustive. It draws most heavily on Gauguin's correspondence with family and friends. His writings on more general topics, most of which came at the end of his life when he was too ill to paint, are introduced in so far as seemed appropriate to elucidate the decisions he had made in life and art and his attitudes to the role of the artist in contemporary society."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
1 alternate | English | Description provided by Bowker | score: 7
This volume aims to give equal weight to the full range of Gauguin's activities both as an artist and a writer. His letters, including many to fellow painters such as Pissarro and Van Gogh, comment freely on contemporaries such as Cezanne, Monet and Degas, and meet head-on the changing aesthetic concerns of avant-garde Paris in the last two decades of the 19th century. They also chart his increasingly hazardous travels around the globe in pursuit of his elusive idea of the primitive from Paris and Copenhagen to Brittany, Provence, Panama, the West Indies and finally the South Pacific.
English | Description provided by Bowker | score: 3
This unique book gives equal weight to Gauguin's activities, both as an artist and a writer, providing a rare insight into his intractable character and uncompromising ideals.… (altro)