Gauguin: A Dangerous Life

Overview

Gauguin’s vivid artworks sell for millions. He was an inspired and committed multi-media artist who worked with the Impressionists and had a tempestuous relationship with Vincent van Gogh. But he was also a competitive and rapacious man who left his wife to bring up five children and used his colonial privilege to travel to Polynesia, where in his 40s he took ‘wives’ between 13 and 15 years old, creating images of them and their world that promoted a fantasy paradise of an unspoilt Eden in the Pacific. Later, he challenged the colonial authorities and the Catholic Church in defence of the indigenous people, dying in the Marquesas Islands in 1903, sick, impoverished and alone.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

December 1, 2019

Original language

English

Spoken languages

English

Countries

United Kingdom

Production

BBC,BBC Four,Gauguin Films Limited

Cast

Kehinde Wiley,Marcel Tai Gauguin,Tai Shan Schierenberg,Tyla Vaeau,Dominic West,Mette Gauguin,Paul Gauguin

Director

Patricia Wheatley

Producer

Martin Rosenbaum,Adam Low

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

Homepage

Official site

IMDb

tt19870880