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| Paul Gauguin Self-Portrait with Idol, c. 1893 McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, Texas. Bequest of Marion Koogler McNay (1950.46) |
The National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa is hosting one of the most exciting exhibitions in the city this year – Gauguin:Portraits.
The exhibition, which was five years in the making, brings together paintings, drawings, photographs and sculpture from more than 40 international public and private collections. The exhibition includes self-portraits, as well as portraits of friends, family, other artists and models.
"We are thrilled to invite audiences to Ottawa and to London to experience Gauguin: Portraits, the first ever exhibition on this theme” said Dr. Sasha Suda, Director and CEO, National Gallery of Canada. “The presentation of Gauguin: Portraits is the fruit of an in-depth investigation by the co-curators with a group of international scholars and becomes part of a long standing collaboration between our two National Galleries.”
"Working on the preparation of Gauguin: Portraits was absolutely fascinating from beginning to end,” said Dr. Cornelia Homburg, guest curator of Gauguin: Portraits at the National Gallery of Canada. “Not only because of the new findings we made, but also because it brought to the fore Gauguin's boundless creativity as well as the contradictory nature of his artistic positions and personal ambitions."
Viewers are encouraged to download the free app from Apple or Google and follow along with the audioguide.
Photographing some artwork is not permitted, as requested by the lenders. When you see a symbol of a camera with a diagonal line through it – put your camera away.
The National Gallery is also holding a series of talks related to this exhibition. The talks will be held in the auditorium and admission is free.
Saturday, June 15, 2019, from 1:30 pm to 2:30 pm: Gauguin: The Lonely Shepherd. Claire Bernardi, Curator of Paintings at the Musée d’Orsay, will talk about Gauguin as the leader of a new school of art. In French with simultaneous interpretation in English.
Thursday, June 27, 2019, at 6 pm: Perspectives from a New Generation of Gauguin Scholars. Cornelia Homburg in conversation with Kirsten Marples, Washington University, St. Louis, and Caroline Shields, Art Gallery of Ontario.
Thursday, September 5, 2019, at 6 pm: Gauguin and Colonialism: Art and Encounter in French Polynesia by Elizabeth Childs, Etta and Mark Steinberg Professor of Art History, 19th and 20th Century European Modernism, Washington University, St. Louis.
The National Gallery of Canada will be the only North American stop for Gauguin: Portraits. It continues until September 8. The exhibition will move to the National Gallery in London, England from October 7, 2019 to January 20, 2020.