Talking and Writing. 11 Comment on the statements below

11 Comment on the statements below. Give your opinion, explain if they are true, or disprove as false.

1. Impressionism came into being as a crash measure to save painting from obscurity.

2. Impressionism proved to be a temporary deviation from academic tradition and had no following.

3. Paul Gauguin is a quintessential exponent of the Impressionist tradition.

4. Public’s volatile tastes will always greedily accept all possible innovations in visual arts.

5. Public will often be superstitious towards innovations and stay clear of avant-garde shows.

6. “Beaten road is the safest” is as true for common-sense jobs as for artists.

7. Artists will always be poor and art dealers – rich.

8. Paul Gauguin went the hard way, because he was too conservative in his artistic tastes.

9. Gauguin’s many difficulties are explained by his half-hearted attitude to painting – as a leisure activity or a side job.

10. For quick success Gauguin needed a smart, hard-headed and businesslike wife to manage his affairs.

11. Gauguin could have done better “celebrating the beauty of nature” as an Impressionist, rather than “ looking inward and exploring the subconscious mind”.

12. Gauguin was born in the wrong time.

13. The saying “Art is long and life is short” is especially true for Gauguin.

12 To conclude the discussion above, compare Gauguin’s life story to one of another artist. Find confirmation of the discussed ideas. Make it in the form of a written narrative.