Wild Thing: A Life of Paul Gauguin

by Sue Prideaux

Paul Gauguin's legend as a transgressive genius arises as much from his aesthetically daring Polynesian paintings as from his biography. But as Sue Prideaux reveals in this gorgeously illustrated, myth-busting work, although Gauguin was a complicated man, his scandalous reputation is largely undeserved. Self-taught, he became a towering artist in his brief life, not just in painting but in ceramics and woodcuts. He fled the bustle of Paris for...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1324020423
• ISBN13: 9781324020424
• Release Date: May 2025
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 432 Pages