after: ʻTAHITIAN WOMEN ON THE BEACHʼ, Paul Gauguin - 1891, Musée dʼOrsay, Paris, France. Paul Gauguin (1849-1903), an influential Post-Impressionist painter, became a leading figure of The Nabis, a group of artists that found inspiration in the savage landscape and peasant communities of Brittany in the north west of France. His subsequent artistic quest led Gauguin to explore different parts of the world, in particular the South Sea Island of Tahiti, where he was to spend the remainder of his life in search of a simple, unfettered paradise. The signature feature of Gauguinʼs work is his ability to melt reality into a harness of simplified form, using strong colours.
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after: ʻTHE TEMPTATIONS OF SAINT ANTHONY’ (left panel), Hieronymus Bosch - 1495-1515, Museo Nacional de Arte Antiga, Lisbon, Portugal.
Little is known of the life and training of Hieronymus Bosch (1450-1516) except that he came from the town of ʻs-Hertogenbosch, now part of the southern Netherlands. Myths abound about his fantastical visions and their meaning. Being a member of a religious order, it is likely that his works were inspired as a comment on heretical points of view or hermetic magical practices. In the 20th Century, the Surrealists looked to Bosch to assist their own explorations into the sub-conscious.
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A special thanks to James Colman for his support, original ideas and help.