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Teha´amana, première épouse tahitienne de Gauguin, photographie
Paul Gauguin, Meyer de Haaan 1889
Gauguin joue de l’harmonium sans pantalon, par Alphonse Mucha, 1893
Paul Gauguin, Étude de Nu, 1880
Paul Emile Miot, Two Tahitian men, 1870
Paul Gauguin Idole à la perle, 1895
Paul Gauuin, Idole à la coquille 1892
Paul Gauguin, D´où venons nous? Qui sommes nous, Où allons nous? 1897
Paul Gauguin, la vision après le sermon, 1888

Early historians associated Paul Gauguin with modern genius, while his contemporaries accused him of plagiarism... Postmodern and feminist historians portray him as a colonialist misogynist and opportunist. More recent studies have associated him with a proto-postcolonialist who challenged European heterosexual sexuality. 

 

Different methodologies lead to different interpretations that add to the richness of Paul Gauguin's work.

Paul Gauguin Wreaks Havoc

A brilliant Modernist, 

An opportunist, misogynist, paedophile and colonialist,

A postcolonialist and postgendered before his time

 

Three conflicting interpretations

Paul Gauguin, Manao Tupapau, 1892
Gauguin, Ta Matete, 1892
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