Gauguin and the School of Pont-Aven

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André CARIOU [under the direction of] [with Mary Anne STEVENS & Antoine TERRASSE]. The Adventure of Pont-Aven and Gauguin. Skira, Paris 2003. Hardcover publisher's binding under illustrated dust jacket. (28.8 x 24.7 cm), 365 pages with 253 illustrations. Extraordinary destiny of this small Breton village of 1,500 inhabitants, the capital of the canton with an incomparable evocative power, inseparable from the name of Gauguin, whose masterpieces are among the major works of Western painting at the end of the 19th century. The Vision of the Sermon, painted in Pont-Aven in 1888, is considered a pivotal work between Gauguin's impressionist-influenced first period and his new, more personal synthetist period, marking one of the first stages in the birth of modern art. Gauguin was not alone in Pont-Aven; from his first stay two years earlier, he became involved with young artists sensitive to his non-conformism and innovative painting. The group expanded over successive meetings in Pont-Aven and Pouldu, identified as the School of Pont-Aven. Very nice copy.