"Published on the occasion of the exhibition, 'Paul Gauguin: Paris, 1889', The Cleveland Museum of Art, 4 October 2009-18 January 2010; Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, 19 February-6 June 2010"--Colophon. Published under the title "Paul Gauguin: the Breakthrough into Modernity" on the occasion of the exhibition at the Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, Feb. 19-June 6, 2010--Colophon.
Includes color reproductions of the following works owned by the Indianapolis Museum of Art: Le Moissonneur (The Harvester) by Emile Bernard (p. 102), IMA accession no. 1998.203; Femmes Faisant les Foins (Women Making Haystacks) by Emile Bernard (p. 101), IMA accession no. 1998.202; Femmes Étendant du Linge (Women Hanging Laundry) by Emile Bernard (p. 103), IMA accession no. 1998.200; Femmes au Porcs (Women with Pigs) by Emile Bernard (p. 104), IMA accession no. 1998.199; Going to Market, Brittany by Charles Laval (p. 69), IMA accession no. 1998.178.
"In 1889, Paris hosted the legendary Exposition Universelle (World's Fair), a massive cultural exhibition which transformed the face of French culture to come. The Eiffel Tower was built for it, the composer Claude Debussy first heard Javanese music there, and the painter Paul Gauguin (1848-1903), reacting against his exclusion from its arts component, organized an exhibit called L'Exposition de Peintures du Groupe Impressionniste et Synthesiste, on the walls of the Cafe Volpini. Presenting the newest works by himself and his friends, it was here that Gauguin premiered what is now known as the Volpini Suite, an amazing portfolio of 11 lithographs printed on radiant canary yellow paper, which marked the coalescence of his various motifs and the commencement of his mature style. This volume is the catalog to the exhibit, illustrating the radical nature of the works produced by Gauguin and his friends by examining his paintings, woodcuts, ceramics, prints and drawings related to that landmark exhibition"--Publisher.