Gauguin: Artist as Alchemist
Category: Books,Arts & Photography,Individual Artists
Gauguin: Artist as Alchemist Details
Book Description The first book to focus on Gauguin’s innately modern response to materials and process, which resulted in innovative works in clay, wood, furniture, and other media. Read more About the Author Gloria Groom is chair of European Painting and Sculpture and the David and Mary Winton Green Curator at the Art Institute of Chicago. Dario Gamboni is full professor at the Université de Genève. Harriet K. Stratis is senior research conservator in the Department of Prints and Drawings at the Art Institute of Chicago. Ophélie Ferlier-Bouat is curator of sculpture at the Musée d’Orsay. Claire Bernardi is curator of paintings at the Musée d’Orsay. Allison Perelman is research associate in the Department of European Painting and Sculpture at the Art Institute of Chicago. Isabelle Cahn is chief curator of paintings at the Musée d’Orsay. Estelle Bégué is painting documentalist at the Musée d’Orsay. Nadège Horner is sculpture documentalist at the Musée d’Orsay. Elsa Badie Modiri is painting documentalist at the Musée d’Orsay. Read more
Reviews
Thorough catalogue to accompany the touring exhibit last year. Both the book and exhibit open our eyes to the breadth of Gauguin's talent and accomplishments...far beyond his Tahiti era with which most of us were familiar.