{"product_id":"wild-thing-a-life-of-paul-gauguin-by-sue-prideaux","title":"Wild Thing A Life of Paul Gauguin By: Sue Prideaux","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cu\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\"\u003eThis book is a premium first copy, similar to the original but not the original.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA DAILY TELEGRAPH, SPECTATOR, ECONOMIST AND TLS BOOK OF THE YEAR\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 2024\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA 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 of I Am Dynamite!: A Life of Nietzsche.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e*Gorgeously illustrated with 70 full-colour images*\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'Scintillating.' FINANCIAL TIMES\u003cbr\u003e'Immaculate.' NEW STATESMAN\u003cbr\u003e'Phenomenal.' PROSPECT\u003cbr\u003e'A heroic rehabilitation.' THE TIMES\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePaul 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePrideaux 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":"Last Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"Paper Cover","offer_id":44063360286762,"sku":null,"price":899.0,"currency_code":"PKR","in_stock":true},{"title":"Hard Cover","offer_id":44063360319530,"sku":null,"price":999.0,"currency_code":"PKR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0688\/6952\/1450\/files\/97805713659370-626x974_9efc0380-4851-497b-9312-c1dd8a6be071.jpg?v=1770632346","url":"https:\/\/www.thelastbooksstore.com\/products\/wild-thing-a-life-of-paul-gauguin-by-sue-prideaux","provider":"The Last Bookstore ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}