Sotheby’s New York to Offer an Exceptional Tahitian Sculpture By Paul Gauguin

NEW YORK, N.Y.- Sotheby’s Impressionist & Modern Art Evening Sale on 3 May 2011 in New York will feature Jeune tahitienne, an exquisite sculpture carved during Paul Gauguin’s first trip to Tahiti between 1890 and 1893 (est. $10/15 million). As the only fully-worked bust portrait that Gauguin is known to have created, it is unique within his oeuvre, and numbers among the artist’s finest sculptures in private hands. Jeune tahitienne will be on view this April at Sotheby’s Hong Kong [...]

“Gauguin Maker of Myth” Sheds New Light on Artist and Career at National Gallery of Ar

WASHINGTON, DC.- Paul Gauguin’s (1848–1903) sumptuous, colorful images of Brittany and the islands of the South Seas, some of the most beloved in modern art, are among 100 works by the artist in the first major exhibition of his career in the United States in some 20 years. On view from February 27 through June 5, 2011, at the National Gallery of Art, Washington—the sole U.S. venue—the exhibition Gauguin: Maker of Myth, along with its accompanying catalogue, examines the role that [...]

Paul Gauguin’s “Nature Morte a ‘L’Esperance,” Fails to Sell at Christie’s Auction in London

LONDON (REUTERS).- A painting by Paul Gauguin, billed as the top lot at Christie’s auction of modern and impressionist works in London, failed to find a buyer on Wednesday. The tribute to the artist’s friend Vincent Van Gogh, in the form of a still life with sunflowers called “Nature morte a ‘L’Esperance,” had been expected to fetch up to 10 million pounds ($16 million). A Christie’s employee poses with Paul Gauguin’s “Nature morte a ‘L’esperence’” at Christie’s auction house in London [...]

Sotheby’s to Sell Rare Prints by Paul Gauguin from The Collection Of Stanley J. Seeger

LONDON.- On Wednesday, 30 March, 2011, Sothebyʹs London will present for sale a magnificent collection of works on paper by Paul Gauguin that incorporates the artistʹs three most significant categories of print‐making activity. Executed in France and Tahiti between 1894 and 1902, the works are among the finest within Gauguin’s printed oeuvre, and together they serve to represent the most important collection of Gauguin prints to be offered at auction for over a generation. From the Collection of Stanley J. Seeger, [...]

National Gallery of Art Announces Gauguin: Maker of Myth” in Washington

WASHINGTON, DC.- The National Gallery of Art will present Gauguin: Maker of Myth, the first major exhibition of his work since The Art of Paul Gauguin, the Gallery’s blockbuster retrospective of 1988–1989 that traveled to Chicago and Paris. Some 120 works by Paul Gauguin (1848–1903), whose use of poetic narrative, myth, and fable throughout his career continues to mesmerize audiences worldwide, will be on view in the East Building, February 27 through June 5, 2011. A woman looks at a [...]

Paul Gauguin from Money Man to Myth Maker, Show Says

LONDON.- He abandoned life as a stockbroker after the 1882 stock market crash and had an eye for self-promotion — a major London exhibition on Paul Gauguin this autumn will aim to show the artist in a thoroughly modern light. More than 100 works by the celebrated French painter will be gathered from collections around the world for “Gauguin: Maker of Myth” at Tate Modern in what has already been billed by critics as the “event of the year” on [...]

Tate Modern Announces First Major Gauguin Exhibition in Fifty Years

LONDON.- Gauguin (1848-1903) is one of the most influential and celebrated artists of the late nineteenth century. Remarkably, this is the first major exhibition in London to be devoted to his work in over half a century. Opening at Tate Modern on 30 September 2010, “Gauguin: Maker of Myth” will trace the artist’s unique approach to storytelling. Bringing together over 100 works from public and private collections from around the world, the exhibition will take a fresh and compelling look [...]