Paul Gauguin Interpretation Centre
14°43′40″N 61°10′44″W / 14.727703°N 61.178967°W / 14.727703; -61.178967
The Paul Gauguin Interpretation Centre (French : Centre d'Interprétation Paul Gauguin and former Gauguin Museum) is located at Le Carbet in Martinique and is dedicated to famous French painter Paul Gauguin's stay on the island in 1887.
History
The Paul Gauguin Interpretation Centre, formerly known as the Centre d'Art Musée Paul Gauguin,[1][2] was originally a museum.
In 1969, museum organizers created the "Association for the Creation of a Museum Paul Gauguin" to celebrate the trip of the famous painter to Martinique.
In 1973 the association acquired a piece of land at Anse Turin in Le Carbet and became the Centre d'Art Musée Paul Gauguin. At the time, Maïotte Dauphite became the president of the association [3] and since then she has dedicated her life to the museum.[4] The museum displayed reproductions of Gauguin's Martinican paintings and reproductions of Tahitian paintings interpreted by a painter, Scopas.[5] The museum also displayed a genealogy of Gauguin, reproductions of his letters to his wife and friends, copies of sketches, lithograph prints representing Martinique in the 19th century, and ceramics from Saint-Pierre before the 1902 Mont Pelée eruption.
In 2011 the "Communauté des Communes du Nord de la Martinique" decide to temporarily close the museum for upgrades. At this point the museum became an interpretative centre with a new director should reopen in 2015/2016.[6]
Collections
The artist Paul Gauguin spent approximately 6 months on the island of Martinique in 1887.[7][8] Gauguin said he painted a dozen paintings during his stay, four of which ″with figures far superior to [his] Pont-Aven period″.[9] The center's goal is to educate visitors on the life and times of Paul Gauguin, his stay on the island and Martinican heritage of 19th century.
The Center is located at Le Carbet, close to where Gauguin lived during his stay on the island. The renovated facility has four pavilions surrounding a central courtyard. The facility has multimedia and interactive displays for visitors to learn about Gauguin and Martinican heritage from the 19th and early 20th century. The courtyard is a walking route where visitors can see the exotic fruit trees in the background of Gauguin's paintings.
The Center also provides information about other Europeans on the island during Gauguin's stay, mainly the artist Charles Laval[10] and the writer Lafcadio Hearn. The Interpretation Center Paul Gauguin also supports modern Caribbean artists as it has dedicated space to display their work.
Martinique works
- Tropical Vegetation, 1887, Scottish National Gallery
- Huttes sous les arbres, 1887, Private collection, Washington
- Bord de Mer II, 1887, Private collection, Paris
- At the Pond, 1887, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam
- Conversation Tropiques (Négresses Causant), 1887, Private collection, Dallas
- Among the Mangoes (La Cueillette des Fruits), 1887, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam
References
- ^ Jean-François Staszak, Géographies de Gauguin Editions Bréal, 2003
- ^ Philip Vickers, Martinique in Gauguin's Footsteps, Contemporary Review, 1 June 1997.
- ^ "Si Gauguin m’était conté," France-Antilles Magazine, Oct 1992.
- ^ Biography of Maïotte Dauphite :"Femmes de la Martinique". Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
- ^ "Visiter Gauguin," France Antilles Magazine, Oct 1992.
- ^ Rodolf Etienne, Eïa pou Paul Gauguin, France-Antilles, 7 April 2014
- ^ Roger Cucchi, "Gauguin a la Martinique" , 1979
- ^ Karen Pope, Gauguin and Martinique, University of Texas, 1981
- ^ Paul Gauguin - compiled by Maurice Malingue, Letters to his Wife and Friends , 1946.
- ^ Ronald Pickvance, Van Gogh in Arles (exhibition catalogue), The Metropolitan Museum of Arts, 1984
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- List of paintings
- Study of a Nude (1880)
- Still Life with Profile of Laval (1886)
- Still Life with a Sketch after Delacroix (c. 1887)
- Vision after the Sermon (1888)
- The Painter of Sunflowers (1888)
- Landscape near Arles (1888)
- The Wave (1888)
- Portrait of Madame Roulin (1888)
- Fields by the Sea (1889)
- The Beautiful Angel (1889)
- Fruits on a Table (1889)
- The Schuffenecker Family (1889)
- The Flageolet Player on the Cliff (1889)
- The Yellow Christ (1889)
- The Green Christ (1889)
- Christ on the Mount of Olives (1889)
- Self-Portrait with Halo and Snake (1889)
- Still Life with Head-Shaped Vase and Japanese Woodcut (1889)
- Self-Portrait with the Yellow Christ (c. 1890–91)
- Tahitian Women on the Beach (1891)
- Tahitian Woman with a Flower (1891)
- A Man with an Axe (1891)
- Ia Orana Maria (1891)
- The Bunch of Flowers (1891)
- Conversation (1891)
- Early Evening (1892)
- Landscape with Peacocks (Death) (1892)
- Parau na te varua ino (1892)
- Vahine no te vi (1892)
- Vairumati tei Oa (1892)
- Fatata te Miti (By the Sea) (1892)
- Arearea (1892)
- Spirit of the Dead Watching (1892)
- Te Fare (1892)
- When Will You Marry? (1892)
- Aha Oe Feii? (1892)
- Arii Matamoe (1892)
- The Siesta (1892–1894)
- Merahi metua no Tehamana (1893)
- Otahi (1893)
- Self-Portrait in a Hat (1893)
- Mahana no atua (1894)
- Nave nave moe (1894)
- Arearea no varua ino (1894)
- Le violoncelliste (1894)
- Breton Peasant Women (1894)
- Eiaha Ohipa (1896)
- Nave Nave Mahana (1896)
- Te tamari no atua (1896)
- The Queen (1896)
- Vairumati (1897)
- Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going? (1897/1898)
- Nevermore (1897)
- Two Tahitian Women (1899)
- The Great Buddha (1899)
- Tahitian Woman and Boy (1899)
- Landscape, Horse on the Road (1899)
- The Call (1902)
- Still Life with Exotic Birds (1902)
- Landscape with a Pig and a Horse (1903)
- Jug in the Form of a Head, Self-Portrait (1889)
- Soyez amoureuses vous serez heureuses (wood panel, 1889)
- Objet décoratif carré avec dieux tahitiens (sculpture, 1893–1895)
- Oviri (ceramic sculpture, 1895)
- Le Sourire (1899–1900)
- Paul Gauguin Museum (Tahiti)
- Paul Gauguin Cultural Center (Hiva Oa, Marquesas Islands)
- Paul Gauguin Interpretation Centre (Martinique)
- Jean René Gauguin (son)
- Pola Gauguin (son)
- Paul René Gauguin (grandson)
- Flora Tristan (grandmother)
- Émile Bernard
- Vincent van Gogh
- Meijer de Haan
- Charles Laval
- George-Daniel de Monfreid
- Camille Pissarro
- Émile Schuffenecker
- Theo van Gogh
- Ambroise Vollard
- The Moon and Sixpence (1942 film)
- Lust for Life (1956 film)
- Rebel in Paradise (1960 film)
- The Wolf at the Door (1986 film)
- Paradise Found (2003 film)
- Gauguin: Off the Beaten Track (2013 comic book)
- At Eternity's Gate (2018 film)
- Gauguin (crater)
- Paul Gauguin Cruises
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