In five parts the poet John Gould Fletcher follows Gauguin from his formation in Paris through his break with Impressionism, the school he gathered at Pont-Aven in Brittany, and his flight to Tahiti and the Marquesas. Fletcher reads the work as a long fight against civilisation, setting paintings such as The Struggle of Jacob with the Angel against Gauguin’s own ideas.
An early English-language study written with a poet’s sympathy, for readers drawn to Gauguin’s art and restless life. Download the free EPUB.