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Lecture 5: Gauguin’s graphic legacy, from Munch to Kandinsky

Paul Gauguin, 'Auti Te Paper', 1893–94, woodcut on china paper, 26.7 x 42.9 cm. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Rogers Fund, 1921.

Aug 28, 2024 | Lecture

If you missed Lecture 5: Gauguin’s graphic legacy, from Munch to Kandinsky from Terence Maloon’s series The 50 years that changed painting 1867–1917, you can watch the recorded version below or on our Youtube channel.

The lecture series continues on the first Sunday of each month till September 2024 and March to August 2025. Learn more about the upcoming lectures and book a seat here.

Lecture 5: Gauguin’s graphic legacy, from Munch to Kandinsky

The problematic but immensely influential notion of “primitivism” stimulated Paul Gauguin’s experiments with woodblock printing. Distributed throughout Europe, Gauguin’s prints were emulated by Matisse and Derain, by Munch and the German Expressionists, by the Russian Futurists and early Dadaists, and by Kandinsky and his circle. Kandinsky’s seminal publications, Klänge and the Blaue Reiter Almanac were illustrated with “primitive” woodblock prints that appeared at the same time when abstract paintings came into the public domain.

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