The French painter and sculptor Paul Gauguin (1848-1903), seeking exotic environments, first in France and later in Tahiti, frequently combined the people and objects in his paintings in novel ways, e...
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Paul Gauguin is a controversial figure in the world of art, called by some a genius, by others a charlatan. According to art critic Peter Schjeldahl in the New Yorker, Gauguin "was not nice." He was a...
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The late supermarket tycoon Simon Sainsbury left 18 paintings worth as much as $200 million to the Tate Britain and the National Gallery in a bequest that the two galleries described as the most si...
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A half-man, half-goat ceramic figure supposedly sculpted by 19th century French artist Paul Gauguin has delighted aficionados visiting the Art Institute of Chicago for a decade, but now the museum ...
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Today is Thursday, June 7, the 158th day of 2007. There are 207 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:On June 7, 1776, Richard Henry Lee of Virginia proposed to the Continental Congres...
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Today is Thursday, June 7, the 158th day of 2007. There are 207 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:On June 7, 1776, Richard Henry Lee of Virginia proposed to the Continental Congres...
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When Vincent van Gogh arrived in the French village of Auvers-sur-Oise in late May 1890, seeking a new life after a year in a mental asylum, he embarked on an explosion of creativity, producing mor...
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A man whose family forged statues and paintings and then passed them off as priceless pieces of art to museums including the Art Institute of Chicago received a two-year suspended sentence Monday.G...
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Amadeo Modigliani's life as an artist was marred by poverty, stormy relationships and drug use, and cut short by an early death.Now Spain's Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum has put together an exhibition ...
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Brittany, France (dpa) - When visiting the Museum des Beaux Arts
in Pont Aven in Brittany, the Irish visitor will be interested to
find a book on Brittany's influence on Iri...
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Paul Gauguin
Paul Gauguin
Sainsbury gives 18 works to UK galleries
