Gauguin’s Vision

Accompanying the innovative painting-in-focus exhibition, Gauguin’s Vision, this book illuminates one of the most intriguing and famous images in the history of Western art. This re-examination of the painting, Vision of the Sermon: Jacob Wrestling with the Angel brings together works by Gauguin, his mentors such as Paul Cezanne and Edgar Degas, and younger contemporaries including Emile Bernard, Paul Serusier, Maurice Denis and Henri van de Velde. It explores the biographical, pictorial and cultural circumstances that enabled Gauguin to make such a radical statement in paint in 1888. This beautifully illustrated book is a fascinating introduction to one of the National Gallery of Scotland’s most iconic images.”