Nevermore by Nicholas Mcinerny. When Gauguin lived in Tahiti, his teenage wife gave birth to a child who died when only a few days old. Gauguin's response was to paint one of his most striking and mysterious paintings which depicted his wife in the classical pose of a nude Venus, but in the tropical setting of Tahiti, with a raven gazing over the scene. Professor John House explores the painting in this dramatic interpretation of the events surrounding its creation. Why is the raven present, and why are there two people talking in the background? And how did the wild and hedonistic Gauguin relate to the French colonialists who were imposing their will on the islanders?
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