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"Question: Who’d you rather have a marguerita with? Georgia O’Keeffe or Alfred Morang?" That's the beginning of Tom Collins' lovely review of the MORANG AND FRIENDS exhibition in today's Albuquerque Journal North.

More here.

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…solitude is not to be recommended to everyone, for you have to be strong in order to bear it and act alone.

Paul Gauguin, The Writings of a Savage (via paulgauguin-art)

Learn about Gauguin's (extremely solitary) excursions to Polynesia here.

Source: paulgauguin-art

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Self Portrait

Paul Gaugin, 1885

Kimbell Art Museum

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Gauguin looks like he needs some Dayquil. More on the long-suffering artist.

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Art Buddies.

Paul Gauguin, 'Van Gogh Painting Sunflowers', 1888

More art history.

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Marina Abramović and Ulay, 1980

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Who said women don't run history? For centuries in Europe, ladies wielded significant political power from the helms of art and book clubs. A short history of the salon: http://d.pr/OYI5

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MANY LIVES: Paul Gauguin's early and late works on Flickr.

Via Flickr: Paul Gauguin was a 27-year-old family man working as a stockbroker and hanging out at the Impressionists’ favorite cafes when he painted “La Seine au Pont de Grenelle”. The second, wilder work dates much later... d.pr/F0JK