Sue Prideaux: Wild Thing – Life of Paul Gaugin

Award-winning biographer Sue Prideaux re-examines the adventurous and complicated life of Paul Gauguin – known as the giant of post-Impressionist painting whose bold colours and compositions rocked the western art world. She illuminates the people, places and ideas that shaped his vision and conjures Gauguin’s visual exuberance, creative epiphanies, fierce words and flaws with acuity and sensitivity. Wild Thing was shortlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction 2024.

Book: Wild Thing – A Life of Paul Gauguin (Faber & Faber)

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