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Published by Shooting Star Press, 1994
ISBN 10: 1858135265ISBN 13: 9781858135267
Seller: Book Express (NZ), Wellington, New Zealand
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 79 pages. Paul Gauguin, the stockbroker who started off as a Sunday painter, became world-famous for renouncing civilization t o live in the South Seas Initially he adopted the Impressionist t echnique, finding it liberating, but eventually found his own dis tinctive style, with boldly outline forms & strong, flat colors I n this exciting work 50 of Gauguin's best-known & most representa tive works are reproduced, including his 'synthetist' style. He i s still known today for his Tahitian paintings with their sculptu resque treatment of figures.