保罗•高更(Paul Gauguin,1848-1903年)是一位一直在寻求新的视野的艺术家。这场引人入胜的视觉之旅揭示了高更的全部旅行以及这些旅行对他独特风格的影响。高更在1891年至这位艺术家去世之间进行的数次漫长的塔希提岛和马克萨斯之旅,为他的许多最**的油画提供了灵感,这些旅行广为人,在这本书中有详细的记录。不那么为人所知的是他在秘鲁与家人一起生活的早年的故事,高更后来将其描述为“田园诗般的”,以及他在法国海军的岁月,这段时间让他去了许多地方,包括印度。在整个19世纪80年代,作为一个开始建立家庭并努力在艺术世界中建立自己的地位的年轻人,焦躁不安的高更经常搬家——在巴黎,去鲁昂,去哥本哈根,然后又回到巴黎。《高更地图集》用数百张生动的图像作为插图,包括档案资料和这位艺术家自己的作品,重现了高更拜访过和居住过的地方。本书优美的设计将地图和其他图像无缝融合在一起,易于理解的引人入胜的文字讲述了高更的旅程。出现的是这样一幅生动的画面:一位艺术家为了自己的艺术不断地寻求新的体验和灵感。
Paul Gauguin (1848–1903) was an artist perpetually in search of new horizons. This fascinating visual tour reveals the full extent of Gauguin’s travels and their influence on his unique style. Gauguin’s several lengthy trips to Tahiti and the Marquesas between 1891 and the artist’s death, visits that provided the inspiration for many of his most famous canvases, are well known and documented here in rich detail. Less familiar are stories from his early years living with his family in Peru, which Gauguin would later describe as “idyllic,” and his years in the French Navy, which would take him to numerous destinations including India. Throughout the 1880s, as a young man starting a family and struggling to become established within the art world, the restless Gauguin moved often—within Paris, to Rouen, to Copenhagen, and back to Paris.
Abundantly illustrated with hundreds of vibrant images, including archival material and the artist’s own works, The Gauguin Atlas brings to life the places that Gauguin visited and lived. The book’s handsome design seamlessly integrates maps and other images with an accessible and engaging text that narrates Gauguin’s travels; what emerges is a vivid picture of an artist continually seeking new experience and inspiration for his art.