对高更肖像画的首次深入研究，揭示了这位画家如何以新颖而令人兴奋的方式扩展了这种绘画类型的可能性。

保罗•高更（Paul Gauguin，1848–1903年）打破了公认的惯例，并挑战观众去扩大他们对视觉表达的理解。没有什么比他的肖像画更能体现这种现象了，在他职业生涯的各个阶段，他都在创作肖像画。这本插图精美的书是第一本集中研究这位艺术家创作肖像画的多元化方式的专著，汇集了高更的60多幅通过各种媒介创作的肖像画，包括油画，纸上作品和雕塑。

一群国际专家撰写的文章探讨了这位艺术家在布列塔尼和波利尼西亚之间来回迁移的过程中，他对肖像画的观念是如何演变的。他们还研究了高更如何通过呈现不同的角色，如基督像和他自画像中的野蛮人，以及如何通过将他的模特置于具有诱人属性的暗示性环境中，来为自己的作品注入象征意义。这本关于这位19世纪最具创意和争议的艺术家之一的学术研究的补充性专著揭示了关于肖像画在高更整个艺术实践中所起的关键作用的有趣见解。

The first in-depth investigation of Gauguin’s portraits, revealing how the artist expanded the possibilities of the genre in new and exciting ways

Paul Gauguin (1848–1903) broke with accepted conventions and challenged audiences to expand their understanding of visual expression. Nowhere is this phenomenon more evident than in his portraits, a genre he remained engaged with throughout all phases of his career. Bringing together more than 60 of Gauguin’s portraits in a wide variety of media that includes painting, works on paper, and sculpture, this handsomely illustrated volume is the first focused investigation of the multifaceted ways the artist approached the subject.

Essays by a group of international experts consider how the artist’s conception of portraiture evolved as he moved between Brittany and Polynesia. They also examine how Gauguin infused his work with symbolic meaning by taking on different roles like the Christ figure and the savage in his self-portraits and by placing his models in suggestive settings with alluring attributes. This welcome addition to the scholarship on one of the 19th century’s most innovative and controversial artists reveals fascinating insights into the crucial role that portraiture played in Gauguin’s overall artistic practice.