{"product_id":"9780571365937-wild-thing","title":"Wild Thing","description":"\u003cp\u003eA 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\u003ePaul 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\u003cp\u003e*Gorgeously illustrated with 70 full-colour images*\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLONGLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 2024\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Scintillating.' FINANCIAL TIMES\u003cbr\u003e'Phenomenal.' PROSPECT\u003cbr\u003e'A vivid, revisionist picture.' DAILY TELEGRAPH\u003cbr\u003e'Witty and bold.' LUCY HUGHES-HALLETT\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Faber \u0026 Faber","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43389441638536,"sku":"9780571365937","price":59.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0371\/3443\/4440\/files\/wild-thing-9780571365937-332264.jpg?v=1742300777","url":"https:\/\/littlelostbookshop.com.au\/products\/9780571365937-wild-thing","provider":"The Little Lost Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}