{"product_id":"9780571365937-retail-wild-thing-a-life-of-paul-gauguin","title":"Wild Thing: A Life of Paul Gauguin","description":"SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 2024 A  SPECTATOR  BOOK OF THE YEAR  A vital re-examination of the trailblazing and controversial artist Paul Gauguin - and the first full biography in over thirty years - written by the award-winning author of  I Am Dynamite!: A Life of Nietzsche . *Gorgeously illustrated with 70 full-colour images* 'Scintillating.'  FINANCIAL TIMES 'Immaculate.'  NEW STATESMAN 'Phenomenal.'  PROSPECT 'A heroic rehabilitation.'  THE TIMES Paul Gauguin is chiefly known as the giant of post-Impressionist painting whose bold colours and compositions rocked the Western art world. It is less well known that he was a stockbroker in Paris and that after the 1882 financial crash he struggled to sustain his artistry, and worked as a tarpaulin salesman in Copenhagen, a canal digger in Panama City, and a journalist exposing the injustices of French colonial rule in Tahiti. In  Wild Thing , the award-winning biographer Sue Prideaux re-examines the adventurous and complicated life of the artist. She illuminates the people, places and ideas that shaped his vision: his privileged upbringing in Peru and rebellious youth in France; the galvanising energy of the Paris art scene; meeting Mette, the woman who he would marry; formative encounters with Vincent van Gogh and August Strindberg; and the ceaseless draw of French Polynesia. Prideaux conjures Gauguin's visual exuberance, his creative epiphanies, his fierce words and his flaws with acuity and sensitivity. Drawing from a wealth of new material and access to the artist's family, this myth-busting work invites us to see Gauguin anew.","brand":"Book Grocer","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48496009150683,"sku":"9780571365937-RETAIL","price":55.25,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/778821e1-da1f-4ca8-8e59-5f6b2dbf3050.jpg?v=1773987340","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/9780571365937-retail-wild-thing-a-life-of-paul-gauguin","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}