the saw fickle novel about a man who fears he's not living his life to its full potential night train to lisbon by men like. the french painter paul gauguin was one of the greatest post impressionist painters of the 19th century mark was sadly not appreciated in his lifetime and died in relative poverty in the french colonies in ma cases islands in the south pacific in 93 he's particularly renowned for his experimental use of color at the time and of course is portraiture the national gallery in london is currently holding the 1st ever exhibition solely devoted to his portraits. his most famous work on the pacific island of tahiti the artist was fascinated by society's close to nature he travelled to what was then a french colony for the 1st time in 891. for

a long time we thought these 2 fish to fish and portraits were sort of generic to haitians but now we understand that he knew these people very well he was in constant contact with them. also repeatedly entered into sexual relations with young girls while on tour he marrying 2 of them and fathering children. the 1st of those wives can be seen in one of his most famous paintings. he's highly proprietor on many levels and we felt it was important to show specks of hand and deal with the fact i'm not trying to hide things under the carpet. great granddaughter of the artist says his action should be seen in the context of the time. i can understand certainly with me too going on now you know 40 or. 1314 year old. but in the

context of the time. 14 was the time when most women marriage. they were on the shelf that i hadn't. with somebody. the exhibition also has a number of intriguing self portraits on display and runs until january 2020. with me in the studio kennedy author of that report you've been looking at this exhibition the story mentions. be reassessed in the wake of beats to a certain extent certainly in the wake of feminist and postprandial critiques this is an exhibition that law she does without the more famous take. nudes only one is included among only 4 pictures of polynesian women this is from one

reviewer to say that the whole thing's a bit of a copout what we do see is to. the locals are dressed in european costume so to speak now these are set against a lot of free take traits the consensus here though is that they only serve to accentuate that it was really only in the south pacific that gauguin began to soar as an artist. he may have shown as an artist today he's even in the south pacific but there are certainly some disturbing aspects to his behavior that. none of the. 3 me he's always been considered as somewhat of a dodgy character not a man of high moral standing he saw himself as an artist living outside convention and he certainly used his clothes neil and male privilege in a paradise that he thought he had discovered but may have only existed in his own

head now we saw the great granddaughter saying it was normal at the time that they would marry so young in polynesia and indeed in france there. consent was 13 too but in gauguin's own accounts of the 1st. marriage he was already married in denmark he says it was an arranged marriage arranged an afternoon he was 43 by today's standards a lot of questions miss a good guy who's a great granddaughter. as for a great great. who is defending him he's a descent of his 1st wife the day. and she's saying that all these stories are exaggerated that even his own damning accounts semi fiction that he wrote them to entertain and to shock people so that. for her to go down was a brave man living outside of convention she's been defending him against accusations

that he was something of a sex tourist that he abandoned his own family her family you know the family of her great grandmother portrayed of her. in the exhibition. is this all light to affect the price on the market as well i mean these paintings in the past couple. songs they have yeah there's an opportunity to test that quite soon as you say when will you marry was sold for $300000000.00 or it was reported at the time actually it transpired that only 22 had $215.00 had changed and so it was downgraded to the 4th most expensive of all time now there's a new slightly more reasonably priced gown coming off on the market this is one of his the polynesian. young to haitian females in it and it is

expected to fetch upwards of 5000000 in the shrink and it is always thanks very much thank you. adama. is a senegalese fashion designer who goes by the name of paris which is also the name of her label in recent years she is champion black fashion with a series of black black fashion weeks in different locations around the world a main base is in paris and it's there that she has a boutique which is becoming increasingly popular with fashionistas and the occasional celebrity to play. as the daughter of diplomats adama perez has lived in france germany italy and the us. in africa the fashion designer is viewed as an influential b. ip she speaks 5 languages and studied fashion design in france today she commutes between paris and her car and new york. all that has turned me into

a very curious person i'm interested in various languages cultures and mentalities i would describe myself as being very african but also very international so i'm glad to be both senegalese and french because i am that too and i'm glad to be. people always want you to take a side but i have many different sides and that's what characterizes and enrich is me. and this is what her collection looks like these dresses from black organs are made by hand and reminiscent of. the parents is incorporated books into the traditional african headdress to send a message. to the face i wasn't going to say for this collection i found inspiration and i unique black culture school and for me this has to be combined with the knowledge the suspect is knowledge is power

. and only with knowledge is it possible she flings this year and down the parents began selling her fashions or. with those of other african designers. in the hard liners. colors materials and cards make the african influence clearly visible star beyonce has already been seen with this bank. beyond say fell in love with his back right away some of that boosted sales a lot. used to listen to takes courage to carry a bag like this because the shakes quite unusual. but one thing's for sure go out on the street with it and you'll stand out on. a variety of african designers present their fashions at the boutique but they aim to attract the attention of a diverse korean to. slap our example he is our best seller. the

typical african dress that's been reinterpreted the mauritanian embroidery was changed slightly and it's a bit more refined. here at the side additional plates were added and it's tied together at the back to make it more form fitting and flattering to the woman's body. when i see did. present fashion that a made in africa but that can be sold in year 2 of all and i hope. paris enriches the paris fashion scene not only with her creativity but also with her she want to be very. dance infectious. in our continuing series 100 german must reads a book that was a bestseller when it was 1st published here in germany in 2004 and again internationally when it was translated into english 4 years later night train to lisbon by swiss. mess yeah it was also turned into

a film starring jeremy are charlotte rampling and christopher lee amongst others the book at the shell tells the story of an unassuming professor who spontaneously embarks on a date. just adventure here's our man of letters david leavitt's with mole. what do you do when you see a woman who's about to jump off a bridge do you run to her call the police. take a selfie try to help or. that's the beginning of pascoe massy is novel night train to lisbon sound like a psychological thriller maybe a love story nope it's the story of a latin and greek teacher a name that i wonder could go over us for stumbles upon a portuguese memoir and it he finds a question that will change his life. given we can only live in

a small part of what there is in us what happens with the rest. goriest decides to discover the parts of his life he's left on lived he goes on a quest to find the man who wrote those lines he takes the night train to lisbon. he gets to know the city and immerses himself in the history of portugal's dictatorship for goriest it's an emotional journey to the past and also to himself . and i turn to lisbon is full of pathos and melancholy a combination that sold millions of copies worldwide it's an unusual book that will put your stamina to the test. more on that both come our web site at v.w.

dot com slash culture indeed you'll find more about all 100 books in our series so there's something to see every 10 used to take your pick many other stories from the world of apps culture on the web site. as well but that's all for this edition thanks for watching and do join us again soon if you can. the funny. thing.

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