Gauguin on the Modern Art Audience

Gauguin was alive from 1848-1903. His words are has true today, if not more so than when he wrote them.

“The history of modern art is also the history of the progressive loss of art's audience. Art has increasingly become the concern of the artist and the bafflement of the public.”

-Paul Gauguin

Although artists like Jackson Pollack, Salvador Dali, and Andy Warhol achieved a measure of popular success during their lifetime, there remains a disconnect between the philosophy of modern art has a whole, and culture in general. That's part of the goal here at Modern Art Quotes, to give a more down to earth exploration of the ideals involved in modern art.