Question: The primitivism advocated by Gauguin has had a lasting influence on modern art. It heralded a complete revolution in taste which began with the first exhibition of the Fauves in 1905. Assess the accuracy of this claim.
Answer: Paul Gauguin was born in 1849, the son of a radical journalist and a socialist mother. From his father he seemed to have inherited a violent temper and headstrong disposition; from his mother, a passionate desire for personal freedom. Among the friends of his wife he found a number of painters and others interested in art. As a result, Gauguin began to spend his holidays painting (Stites, 1940: 730). He was associated in Arles with the painter Van Gogh who was also suffer from the corruption of the society and of modern culture generally....(short extract)
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- Subject: Fine art
- Course: Fine art
- Level: Degree
- Year: 1st
- Mark: Not available
- Words: 1958
- Date submitted: March 06, 2009
- Date written: Not available
- References: Yes
- Document type: Essay*
- Essay ID: 924
