{"product_id":"guys-like-gauguin-paperback","title":"Guys like Gauguin - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSimon Keable-Elliott\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSouth Pacific island at that time to have an artistic community. Why?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe introductory chapters of \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eGuys like Gauguin\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e show how the image of Tahiti as a paradise island was created by artists and writers following the visit of Captain Cook and other explorers in the 1760s, and then how this image was reinforced during the nineteenth century by writers and artists like Herman Melville, Pierre Loti, John La Farge and Paul Gauguin. The 1920s craze for Tahiti and the South Seas is also examined, when more than 150 South Sea movies were produced, many books about Tahiti were published and tourism boomed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe main part of \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eGuys like Gauguin\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e looks at the lives and artistic work of more than a dozen American and European writers and artists who, less than 20 years after the death of Paul Gauguin, moved to Tahiti to live and work. Authors such as American novelist Zane Grey, Mutiny on the Bounty's Nordhoff and Hall, Evelyn Waugh's elder brother Alec, adventurer Dean Frisbie and mysterious Asterisk. Painters such as George Biddle. Jerome Blum, William Alister Macdonald and Viscount Jack Hastings. Why did they choose Tahiti, what did they do and were they guys like Gauguin?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.78 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 13, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54090286006579,"sku":"9781806345434","price":33.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/qqGYYLfjqv9781806345434.webp?v=1789602794","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/guys-like-gauguin-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}