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G ’ P L AUGUIN S ARADISE OST ALSO BY WAYNE ANDERSEN PICASSO AND THE ALIEN OILCLOTH GERMAN ARTISTS AND HITLER’S MIND MANET: THE PICNIC AND THE PROSTITUTE CÉZANNE AND THE ETERNAL FEMININE THE YOUTH OF CÉZANNE AND ZOLA: NOTORIETY AT ITS SOURCE: ART AND LITERATURE IN PARIS THE ARA PACIS OF AUGUSTUS AND MUSSOLINI SCENARIO FOR AN ARTIST’S APOCOLAPSE PICASSO’S BROTHEL: LES DEMOISELLES D’AVIGNON FREUD, LEONARDO DA VINCI AND THE VULTURE’S TAIL PHOBIC RAPTURES: WICKED FAMILY HISTORIES PAUL GAUGUIN: THE WRITINGS OF A SAVAGE AMERICAN SCULPTURE IN PROCESS CÉZANNE’S PORTRAIT DRAWINGS CRITICAL RESPONSE Robert Kirsch in the Los Angeles Times —“With Andersen’s penetrating guidance, we see that the savagery is only one pole of Gauguin’s spirit… Whatever else emerges from this fascinating and imaginative study, one point is amply clear. Gauguin’s mutation was a myth he himself worked hard to create.” Larry Rumley in the Seattle Times —“Wayne Andersen’s concern is with the symbolism in Gauguin’s art as it reflects his tangled notions of God, sex, and the incidents of birth and death in man’s progress—in brief, the psychology behind the art.” Ellen M. Jensen in the Rocky Mountain News —“With extensive research into the artist’s psychological composition, Andersen has penetrated the murky legends and romantic haze that encompassed Gauguin to expose an artistic genius who was consumed by the darkest dementia.” Stephanie Sutton in the Harvard Bulletin —“Andersen has produced a study of Gauguin which invites inflationary praise. The book is rich in every context: in boldness of interpretation, in scholarship, in execution.” Francis Haskell in the New York Review of Books —“…Although art historians have been trying to use psychoanalytic methods, the territory is still hazardous and the first thing that needs to be said about Andersen’s achievement is that he scrambles over it with infectious confidence. As a course of seminars Gauguin’s Paradise Lost must have been fascinating and it has been transformed with much skill into a coherent book.” Nigel Dennis in the Sunday Telegraph (UK) —“A strange, elaborate, and intriguing book. Are we prepared to follow Andersen’s line? The last thing that Gauguin suggests is this sort of intellectual symbolism: he seems to represent everything that is earthy, fruity, flamboyant and exotic. In fact, Andersen is right and we are wrong. Andersen ‘explains’ Gauguin’s paintings and though we are bound to feel he is pushing his explanations he is backed up most of the time by Gauguin himself. Wayne Vesti Andersen Gauguin’s Paradise Lost A New York Times BOOK OF THE TIMES ÈDITIONS FABRIART GENEVA, SWITZERLAND Copyright © Wayne Andersen, 1971, 2013. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored, in an information retrieval system, or transcribed, in any form or by any means—electronic, digital, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise—without the express written permission of the publisher, and the holder of copyright. Submit all inquiries and requests to the publisher: Èditions Fabriart, Boston office: 134 Beach Street, Suite 3B, Boston , MA, 02111. Originally published by Viking Press, New York, New York in 1971 and by Secker and Warburg, London, UK in 1972. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Library of Congress catalog card number: 72-135347 Gauguin’s Paradise Lost/ Wayne Vesti Andersen, author p.cm. 1. Paul Gauguin, 2. Nineteenth century painting, 3. Modern Art, 4. French Art, 5. Biography ISBN. 978-0- 9725573-6-8 CONTENTS I. Geography of Gauguin’s Mind II. Wayward Romantism III. Immunization IV. Terrestrial Imperatives V. Deciduous Paradise VI. Volcanics VII. At the Black Rocks VIII. Calvary of the Maiden IX. The Fallen and the Reborn X. Bon Voyage, Monsieur Gauguin XI. Interlude: Octave Mirbeau XII. Pariah’s Progress XIII. The Tahitian Eve XIV. The Green Hell XV. The Assault on the Tree XVI. Hina and Tefatou XVII. The Red Dog XVIII. The Last Supper XIX. Oviri Epilogue List of Illustrations Endnotes Index For my enduring friend, Emeka Nchekwube
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