Paul Gauguin by Maria Siponta De Salvia. New York:  Enchanted Lion Books, 2003.

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Illustrator:  Paul Gauguin

Media:  Oil painting

5Q/4P

Curricular connection:  Fine Art. Similar curricular relationships can be found in social history, politics, feminism, and traditional gender roles in the academic field of Women’s Studies and Fine Art.  A comparable connection can be found in the books Frida Kahlo: The Artist in the Blue House, Paul Gauguin [making connections to his social feminist grandmother Flora Tristan and art critics public criticism of his paintings of nude Polynesian women], Gone is Gone, or, the Story of the Man Who Wanted to Do Housework and Amelia to Zora:  Twenty-Six Women Who Changed the World.

Reading level:  8^th grade

Annotation:  This small size biographical book of Paul Gauguin contains many of his most notable paintings in glossy color illustrations, but also includes informative text about Gauguin and his relationships with people like Vincent Van Gogh. 

KRF 7/25/09