Gauguin, Paul

While Far Eastern influences on modern art have been widely discussed, the role played by Middle Eastern art has been generally confused with or diluted by the separate issue of Orientalism. This dissertation focuses on the influence of Persian art on Gauguin, Matisse, and Kandi…

More than fifty examples of works by Paul Gauguin, Jan Toorop, Bart van der Leck, and Piet Mondrian demonstrate the significant influence of artifacts, newly revealed since the early nineteenth century, from the ancient Orient, that is, Pharaonic Egypt and biblical lands. The in…