Paul Gauguin (1848-1903), Two Tahitian Women (1899) Photograph: Francis G Mayer/Corbis

Paul Gauguin (1848-1903), Self-Portrait with a Palette (1894) Photograph: Francis G Mayer/Corbis

Paul Gauguin (1848-1903), Woman With a Mango (1892) Photograph: Francis G Mayer/Corbis

Paul Gauguin (1848-1903), Aha Oe Feii / What, Are You Jealous? (1892) Photograph: Francis G Mayer/Corbis

Paul Gauguin (1848-1903), Vision of the Sermon / Jacob Wrestling With the Angel (1888) Photograph: Francis G Mayer/Corbis

Paul Gauguin (1848-1903), The Yellow Christ (1899) Photograph: Francis G Mayer/Corbis

Paul Gauguin (1848-1903), Teha'amana Has Many Parents (1893) Photograph: Francis G Mayer/Corbis

Paul Gauguin (1848-1903), A page from Gauguin's book Noa Noa, Voyage to Tahiti (c1890) Photograph: Francis G Mayer/Corbis

Paul Gauguin (1848-1903), She Thinks on a Ghost (1890) Photograph: Francis G Mayer/Corbis

Paul Gauguin (1848-1903), Manao Tupapau / Spirit of the Dead Watching (1892) Photograph: Francis G Mayer/Corbis

Paul Gauguin (1848-1903), Tahitian Nude With Seated Back (1902) Photograph: Francis G Mayer/Corbis

Gauguin (1848-1903) is one of the most influential and celebrated artists of the late nineteenth century. Remarkably, this is the first major exhibition in London to be devoted to his work in over half a century. Bringing together over one hundred works from public and private collections from around the world, the exhibition will take a fresh and compelling look at this master of modern art.

Challenging commonly held assumptions about the artist and his practice and encompassing paintings, sculptures and drawings, as well as a documentary section, the exhibition will reveal the complexity and richness of his narrative strategies for a twenty-first century audience. Key loans include Self-portrait with Manao tu papau 1893, Teha 'amana has many Parents 1893 and Vision of the Sermon 1888.

30 September 2010  –  16 January 2011