{"product_id":"wild-thing","title":"Wild Thing: A Life of Paul Gauguin","description":"\u003cp\u003eA vital re-examination of the trailblazing and controversial artist Paul Gauguin - and the first full biography in over thirty years.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePaul 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eWild Thing\u003c\/em\u003e, 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePrideaux 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sue Prideaux","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44953153765423,"sku":"9780571365937","price":2999.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0743\/6428\/9071\/files\/9780571365937.jpg?v=1770793447","url":"https:\/\/lunabooks.in\/products\/wild-thing","provider":"Luna Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}