"Modern Gauguin studies--complex interpretations of the works based on the identification of the artist's sources in ancient sacred art from around the world--began in the early 1950s with the pioneering research of Bernard Dorival and Henri Dorra. "The Symbolism of Paul Gauguin: Erotica, Exotica, and the Great Dilemmas of Humanity," Dorra's ultimate meditation on the art of Gauguin, constitutes a milestone in the history of Post-Impressionism."--Charles Stuckey is an independent scholar and consultant
