Paul Gauguin's Son: The Life and Times of Emile Gauguin - Paperback

by David McIntyre (Author), Frank Butterworth (Author)

This is two books for the price of one.First, it is about Emile: his famous family and his exciting life ... a tale of exhilarating highs and depressing lows nearly ending in suicide. But it ends happily ... when he meets co-author Frank.Second, it contains over 200 hundred pages of Gauguin resource material: A history of the Gauguin-Uribe families all in a single place, replete with unknown trivia such as-who rescued Paul's family from near poverty?-who taught Paul to paint?-who unknowingly launched the career of the creator of the world's second-most valuable painting?-how did Vincent van Gogh really lose his ear?Learn how two emperors impacted Paul's climb to fame.Find out about Paul's early, uncatalogued paintings.Meet Paul's grandmother (Chap. 2), mother (Chap. 3), brother-in-law, and nephew (Appendix).Meet new Gauguin painters, and Paul's great-grandchildren.See family trees with up to nine generations.It comes with: -a 5-page bibliography-a 6-page, Gauguin timeline stretching from 1773 to 2005, -a 21-page index, -a 32-page collection of photos, and-a 101-page appendix.Buy the book. Amaze your friends and teache

Author Biography

David McIntyre is a retired professional marketer, played a major role in the 7UP Uncola campaign, authored numerous marketing articles. Now a full-time artist and champion swimmer, he continues to compete at international meets. He lives with his wife in Central Florida. Frank Butterworth is a retired professor of genetics and cell biology, wrote numerous scientific papers and edited two major books on environmental monitoring. In addition to working as a full-time writer his interests still lie in water and tree research. He lives with his family in Southern California.