Paul Gauguin- Understanding Modern Art

Today we're discussing Paul Gauguin, a figure of great importance to the development of modern art whose personal life causes no end of controversy today. Despite this controversy Gauguin is still something of a legendary figure in art history, owing to the qualities of his work and his own ruthless self promotion. The critic Robert Hughes noted that Gauguin at various times in his career positioned himself as a hero, a martyr, a magus, a savage and a criminal. He is part brute and part escape artist, the Houdini of the Avant Garde. Pinning down this complex self aggrandizing controversial figure is rather difficult, but today were going to try and do just that.

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