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'''Paul Gauguin''' was a French post-impressionist painter best known for his paintings of Tahiti. | |||
== Involvement with Theosophical Society == | |||
Among Gauguin's French neighbors in Punaauia was '''Jean Souvy''', who shared some of his intellectual interests: | |||
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The main interest Souvy held for Gauguin lay in his personal studies, he was a Theosophist, part of the spreading network launched by Madame Blavatsky, furnished with publications through the San Francisco branch of the Society. Throughout his rtirement Souvy worked on a collection of thought on various philosophical and Theosophist topics which he entitled ''Cogitations''... They reveal a mind running on lines close to Gauguin's, especially the, when his thoughts were once again turning to religious topics...<ref>David Sweetman, ''Paul Gauguin: Complete Life'' (London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1995), 432.</ref> | |||
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== Resources == | |||
The [[Union Index of Theosophical Periodicals]] lists 7 articles [http://www.austheos.org.au/cgi-bin/ui-csvsearch.pl?search=Gauguin by or about Paul Gauguin]. | The [[Union Index of Theosophical Periodicals]] lists 7 articles [http://www.austheos.org.au/cgi-bin/ui-csvsearch.pl?search=Gauguin by or about Paul Gauguin]. | ||
Revision as of 04:32, 25 October 2016
UNDER CONSTRUCTION
UNDER CONSTRUCTION
Paul Gauguin was a French post-impressionist painter best known for his paintings of Tahiti.
Involvement with Theosophical Society
Among Gauguin's French neighbors in Punaauia was Jean Souvy, who shared some of his intellectual interests:
The main interest Souvy held for Gauguin lay in his personal studies, he was a Theosophist, part of the spreading network launched by Madame Blavatsky, furnished with publications through the San Francisco branch of the Society. Throughout his rtirement Souvy worked on a collection of thought on various philosophical and Theosophist topics which he entitled Cogitations... They reveal a mind running on lines close to Gauguin's, especially the, when his thoughts were once again turning to religious topics...[1]
Resources
The Union Index of Theosophical Periodicals lists 7 articles by or about Paul Gauguin.
Notes
- ↑ David Sweetman, Paul Gauguin: Complete Life (London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1995), 432.