Email this

Paul Gauguin's erotic life

By David Bowman

He was cruel to his wife, drove van Gogh mad and delighted in impregnating women. The author of a Gauguin biography talks about why she loves his art anyway.

Recipient's e-mail address:
Separate up to 10 e-mail addresses with commas.

Personal message (optional):

A link to the article will be included in your message.

Your e-mail address:
We do not save or reuse your email address unless you sign up for the newsletter.

Sign me up for the Salon Daily Newsletter

Recent Stories

Butts: That's a wrap!
As the porn industry reels from an HIV scare, "gonzo" king Seymore Butts announces a condom-only policy. He tells Salon why.
Mike Ditka wants to help you score
TV ads for impotency drugs are targeting sports fans and beer drinkers, and they have a new message: If you're not taking a pill to help your sex life, you're not a real man.
Happily married couples gone wild!
Middle-aged Penthouse Forum has become an improbable voice for family values -- as long as you turn your wife over to the cable guy.
England swings
Old Britannia puts prudish America to shame, with chic vibrator stores as ubiquitous as Gaps and sex-toy parties thrown by a royal granddaughter.
The professor of smoochology
How a nebbishy ex-academic who keeps changing his name wound up traveling around the country convincing total strangers to kiss onstage.

Daily Newsletter

Get Salon in your mailbox!