{"product_id":"9780571365944","title":"Wild Thing : A Life of Paul Gauguin","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Sue Prideaux\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eArt \u0026amp; design styles: Impressionism \u0026amp; Post-Impressionism\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 5 June 2025 by FABER \u0026amp; FABER in the United Kingdom.\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003ch4\u003ePaperback | 432 pages\u003cbr\u003e128 x 198 x 38mm | 404g\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003chr\u003e\u003cp\u003eA NEW YORK TIMES, TIMES, DAILY TELEGRAPH, SPECTATOR, ECONOMIST, NEW STATESMAN AND TLS BOOK OF THE YEARLONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 2025WINNER OF THE POL ROGER DUFF COOPER PRIZE 2025SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 2024WINNER THE AMERICAN LIBRARY IN PARIS BOOK AWARD 2025WINNER OF THE FRANCO-BRITISH SOCIETY LITERARY AWARD 2024A 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Scintillating.' FINANCIAL TIMES'Immaculate.' NEW STATESMAN'Phenomenal.' PROSPECT'A heroic rehabilitation.' THE TIMESPaul 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\u003cp\u003eIn 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\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":56261463671109,"sku":"9780571365944","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0994\/3721\/6069\/files\/9780571365944_48df3a69-830b-4387-bcc7-5528508ccd6d.jpg?v=1769613962","url":"https:\/\/stripyduckbookshopcafe.co.uk\/products\/9780571365944","provider":"The Stripy Duck Bookshop Café","version":"1.0","type":"link"}