Movie Description
Gauguin: A Dangerous Life
(2019)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.
Featured Crew
Cast
Voice of Paul Gauguin
Self (archive footage)
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Facts
Original TitleGauguin: A Dangerous Life
Status Released
Release Information
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2019-12-01
Original LanguageEnglish
Runtime 00h 58m
Homepagehttps://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000bynv
Production CompaniesBBC Four,BBC,Gauguin Films Limited
Genres
- Documentary
