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Paul Gauguin "Self-Portrait" 1903
French painter Paul Gauguin (June 7, 1848 – May 8, 1903) also wrote extensively about art. In 2023, the last of Gauguin's handwritten manuscripts which was still privately owned was purchased by the Courtauld Gallery.
"Racontars de Rapin was completed in September 1902 in Atuona, Gauguin's home on the Marquesan island of Hiva Oa, French Polynesia, just a few months before he wrote Avant et après. As he would later do with Avant et après, Gauguin sent the manuscript to the Belgian Symbolist poet and critic André Fontainas, entrusting him with the task of publishing it in the prestigious literary magazine Mercure de France. It was rejected by the editors and did not appear in printed form until 1951.
"By the late 1890s, writing had become a key part of Gauguin's creative practice. It was in his texts, not only in his artworks, that the artist began to forge his own myth. Through words, as well as images, the artist sought to challenge ideas, as well as cultural and social norms. Racontars de Rapin is Gauguin's manifesto for modern art and artistic freedom from the limitations imposed by art criticism. In it the artist expresses his views in elaborate ways, at times bluntly criticising preconceived ideas, at times using irony— as he does in the title. Rapin indicates an apprentice painter, while by then his fame was well established, but at the turn of the century it had also come to define a bohemian artist; Gauguin probably played with its ambiguity."
Read the full article here: The Courtauld Gallery acquires the last known manuscript by artist Paul Gauguin still in private hands
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