Gauguin’s Paradise Lost

When:
May 23, 2014 @ 10:00 am – 11:00 am
2014-05-23T10:00:00+00:00
2014-05-23T11:00:00+00:00
Where:
Ashmolean Museum
Ashmolean Museum
University of Oxford, Beaumont Street, Oxford, Oxfordshire OX1 2PH
UK
Cost:
£4/£3

Cézanne and the Modern Exhibition Lecture

Gauguin’s Paradise Lost
With Alastair Wright, Fellow of St John’s College

Friday 23 May, 11am-12pm, Headley Lecture Theatre

Like many Western visitors to Tahiti in the later 19th century, Gauguin bemoaned the destruction of the island’s culture by French colonialism. Examine the roots of this melancholy view of paradise lost and explore how it is reflected in Gauguin’s painting, sculpture, and print-making.

Tickets £4/£3
http://www.ashmolean.org/events/SpecialEvents/?id=148
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