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...more recent times, Gaughin and Picasso have used Renaissance and Egyptian figures as inspirations, said Brendel. The Medici Venus statue was the basis for one of Gaughin's figures in his Tahitian paintings, while Picasso has used an ancient statue of a kneeling Venus in his series of paintings: La Comedie Humaine...
...when he created such masterpieces as The Cry and The Kiss. Later, his subject matter was more commonplace and his skill at dramatizing his ideas declined correspondingly. Although Munch might be called, after Van Gogh, the father of Expressionism, some of his prints have an affinity in style with Gaughin's flat and more decorative woodcuts of the Noa Noa period. A number of surprising color lithographs add a touch of relief from the general level of psychological intensity...
Next Saturday in this column there will be a discussion of specific paintings and prints in the exhibition.Self-Portalt, by Paul Gaughin...
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