Artemis Cooper

The great French painter who had no time for France

Describing himself as the ‘savage from Peru’, Paul Gauguin avoided French society when he could, returning to Polynesia in 1895, where he spent his final years on the island of Hiva Oa

Self-portrait by Paul Gauguin, 1893. [Getty Images]
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  • Wild Thing: A Life of Paul Gauguin

    Sue Prideaux

    Faber, pp. 416, £30

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