Gauguin. Crown Art Library

by René Huyghe

Another title from The Crown Art Library , the most useful monographs available on a wide range of significant artists. Each volume is written by an internationally recognized authority and is generously illustrated with full-color reproductions of the artist's paintings and two-color reproductions of sketches and line drawings.

Genres: Art, Reference

96 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1959

About the author

René Huyghe (3 May 1906 – 5 February 1997) was a French writer on the history, psychology and philosophy of art.

Huyghe was a curator at the Louvre's department of paintings (from 1930) and in 1974 was appointed director of the Musée Jacquemart-André, in Paris.