Chapter 6: Wielding the Axe: Jarry and Gauguin in 1893
James Kearns
From Symbolist Landscapes. The Place of Painting in the Poetry and Criticism of Mallarmé and His Circle (1989), pp. 145-63, doi:10.59860/td.c69642d
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| Part of the book: Symbolist Landscapes. The Place of Painting in the Poetry and Criticism of Mallarmé and His Circle James Kearns MHRA Texts and Dissertations 27 Modern Humanities Research Association Abstract. Gauguin's isolation in Tahiti had not lessened his need to win the Parisian public over to his work nor deprived him of his aggressive business sense, and he staged an ambitious exhibition in November 1893. It brought to an end any hopes of reconciliation with literary Symbolism, but Jarry, after seeing the exhibition, wrote three poems 'd'après et pour Paul Gauguin', one of them based on Gauguin's painting L'Homme à la hache. Poem and painting provide a focus for discussion of Gauguin's situation. Full text. This contribution is published as Open Access and can be downloaded as a PDF, or viewed as a PDF in your web browser, here: |