Paul Gauguin, “Mahana no atua (Le jour de Dieu)”, 1894, oil on linen canvas, collection of the Art Institute of Chicago Take for example Gauguin’s fanciful fetid figuration from 1892, “Manao Tupapau ...
A painting once hailed as Paul Gauguin’s final self-portrait is now under renewed scrutiny after an amateur art sleuth raised doubts about its authenticity—sparking a fresh scientific investigation by ...
An unfinished work in the collection of the Tate in London, long believed to be by the famous Post-Impressionist artist Paul Gauguin, just got a major downgrade. Tahitians, circa 1891, has been ...
A new book is an art detective mystery, a behind-the-scenes look at provenance research, a psychological analysis, and a critical commentary on the art market. How did a painting that was once coveted ...
Wed, December 4, 2019 at 11:00 PM UTC Tuesday’s sale comes amid reassessments of Gauguin’s legacy in light of his relationships with the Tahitian people depicted in his paintings. The “Gauguin ...
The work of Paul Gauguin receives fresh examination in two shows on view this spring. A collaboration between the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco’s de Young Museum and the Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek in ...
It’s the nude that bothers Fabrice Fourmanoir. The way she’s painted is “unsightly” and “vulgar,” quite unlike the Polynesian women of his mind’s eye. Nor does he like the way she’s artificially ...
For the past 30 years, the owner of “Les Fleurs d’Été Dans un Gobelet” thought of it as a pretty little picture. He had no idea it was a pretty little picture by a major 19th-century painter. But ...
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