{"product_id":"wild-thing-a-life-of-paul-gauguin-9780571365937","title":"Wild Thing  A Life of Paul Gauguin","description":"\u003cp\u003eAand DAILY TELEGRAPH, SPECTATOR, ECONOMISTand ANDand TLSand BOOK OF THE YEARSHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 2024A vital re-examination of the trailblazing and controversial artist Paul Gauguin - and the first full biography in over thirty years - written by the award-winning author ofand I Am Dynamite!: A Life of Nietzsche.*Gorgeously illustrated with 70 full-colour images*'Scintillating.'and FINANCIAL TIMES'Immaculate.'and NEW STATESMAN'Phenomenal.'and PROSPECT'A heroic rehabilitation.'and THE TIMESPaul Gauguin is chiefly known as the giant of post-Impressionist painting whose bold colours and compositions rocked the Western art world. It is less well known that he was a stockbroker in Paris and that after the 1882 financial crash he struggled to sustain his artistry, and worked as a tarpaulin salesman in Copenhagen, a canal digger in Panama City, and a journalist exposing the injustices of French colonial rule in Tahiti.Inand Wild Thing, the award-winning biographer Sue Prideaux re-examines the adventurous and complicated life of the artist. She illuminates the people, places and ideas that shaped his vision: his privileged upbringing in Peru and rebellious youth in France; the galvanising energy of the Paris art scene; meeting Mette, the woman who he would marry; formative encounters with Vincent van Gogh and August Strindberg; and the ceaseless draw of French Polynesia.Prideaux conjures Gauguin's visual exuberance, his creative epiphanies, his fierce words and his flaws with acuity and sensitivity. Drawing from a wealth of new material and access to the artist's family, this myth-busting work invites us to see Gauguin anew.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sue Prideaux","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44212474183740,"sku":"9780571365937","price":6745.5,"currency_code":"PKR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0714\/7706\/7836\/files\/97805713659370.jpg?v=1776696613","url":"https:\/\/libertybooksstore.myshopify.com\/products\/wild-thing-a-life-of-paul-gauguin-9780571365937","provider":"LibertyBooksStore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}