{"product_id":"9781350563889","title":"Gauguin's Ultimate Collector Gustave Fayet and the Art Market","description":"\u003ch1\u003eGauguin's Ultimate Collector\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eGustave Fayet and the Art Market\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBelinda Thomson\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eArt \/ European\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'If you were to find a speculator … he would find [in me] an excellent deal, as would I.' (Paul Gauguin to his then dealer, Theo Van Gogh, May 1890).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis book explores the remarkable commercial and personal relationship between Paul Gauguin and Gustave Fayet, the collector and entrepreneur whose championing of Gauguin's work helped secure the artist's legacy.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBy the time they began corresponding around 1900, Gauguin had rejected Western materialism and was living in self-imposed exile in French Polynesia, far from the Paris art world. Although he had used his experience as a collector to help market his own work, he struggled with third-party dealers and had yet to establish himself as a leading figure of the modern art movement. Fayet, meanwhile, was a collector and wine grower. What, then, drew the artist to a man so rooted in the South of France? Belinda Thomson presents a comparative biographical narrative that reveals the unique dynamic between the two, exploring the psychological motivations behind their relationship against the backdrop of emerging modernism at the end of the 19th century.\u003cbr\u003eDrawing on unprecedented access to the Fayet family archive, Thomson examines unpublished sources and presents case studies of key works Gauguin created specifically for Fayet. She explores the parallels between the two men: their positions within (and responses to) the art market, their artistic visions, and how these shaped their personal lives. The book offers valuable insight into Gauguin's final years and the formation of his legacy, while also highlighting the vital role Fayet played in the history of modern art and the rich artistic ecosystem that flourished in the South of France at the turn of the century.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eBelinda Thomson\u003c\/b\u003e is Honorary Professor of History of Art at the University of Edinburgh, UK. She is a freelance art historian who specializes in the work of Paul Gauguin and his contemporaries. Her previous publications include \u003ci\u003eGauguin \u003c\/i\u003e(1987, reedited 2020), \u003ci\u003eGauguin By Himself \u003c\/i\u003e(1994) and three exhibition catalogues for major Gauguin exhibitions, notably \u003ci\u003eGauguin: Maker of Myth\u003c\/i\u003e (2010-11, Tate Modern and National Gallery of Art, Washington).\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e21 January 2027\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Visual Arts\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781350563889\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e288\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e16.0\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51515391541388,"sku":"9781350563889","price":31.46,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_b4b54243-524c-4e83-bfc8-91163437da1b.jpg?v=1784693560","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9781350563889","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}