From 28 September 2012 to 20 January 2013, the Kunsthaus Zürich (Switzerland) will be exhibiting 60 prints by the French painter Paul Gauguin. This richly varied and innovative collection of graphic works by the founding father of modern painting is largely unknown. The prints are of supreme quality and the utmost rarity.
Paul Gauguin (1848-1903) is one of the most famous painters of the early modern era, yet it is impossible to comprehend him as an artist without an appreciation of his graphic output. Gauguin’s woodcuts and zincographs (lithographs on zinc plates rather than stone) broke new ground artistically and tell us much about the character of the man who created them.
Gauguin’s graphic production grew during his lengthy periods of illness, and in 1895, when he returned to Tahiti, it became the focal point of his artistic creation. An examination of the woodcuts shows Gauguin’s art to be as radical as it is sensitive, and reveals the drama of a complex personality wrestling with doubts, longings and fears.
DateS: from September 28 to January 20.
Location: Kunsthaus Zürich, Heimplatz 1, CH-8001 Zurich. Switzerland
Opening hours: from Wednesday to Friday from 10am to 8pm. Saturdays, Sundays and Tuesdays from 10am to 6pm.