Gauguin Portraits

Exhibition at the National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, 24 May - 8 September 2019;
then at the National Gallery, London, 7 October 2019 - 26 January 2020

During his whole life, 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 exhibition catalogue is the first focused investigation of the multifaceted ways the artist approached the subject.