Gauguin had early influences from living in Peru, serving in the merchant marine and French navy, and moving to different places like Brenton, Panama, Martinique, and Tahiti. Constantin Brancusi was Modigliani's friend and studio neighbor in Montparnesse. He was drawn to African art due to similarities to wood carving sculptures from his native Romania. Andy Warhol's 1981 print "The Star (Greta Garbo)" depicts the actress Greta Garbo as the femme fatal Mata Hari, drawing a correlation between popular culture icons and myths.

5. EARLY INFLUENCES:
• Early years in Peru
• Merchant Marine/
French Navy
• Moves to Brenton
• Panama and
Martinique
• Tahiti

6. Christmas Eve.
Egyptian pastoral scene
-Gauguin. 1894

7. Alone (Othai)
-Gauguin. 1893
Prince Sudhana Bowing, Borobudur, Java

14. CONSTANTIN BRANCUSI:
 Modigliani's friend &
Modigliani's friend &
Montparnesse Studio Neighbor
 Embraced African art due similarities
Embraced African art due similarities
to sculpture of his native Romania
to sculpture of his native Romania
(directly carved from wood)
(directly carved from wood)

16. WARHOL'S
“The Star (Greta Garbo)” is
part of his ten piece Myths
series printed in 1981
WARHOL
uses a picture of the American
film actress Greta Garbo as
Mata Hari to draw the
correlation between the
femme fatal and our popular
culture

17. WARHOL's “The Star” Gretta Garbo
creates an iconic image of a “femme fatal”
MATA HARI
GRETTA GARBO AS
MATA HARII
HARI
WARHOL's “The Star” is
not a traditional odalisque
image, but an near
eastern/Indonesian
influence is evident

18. WARHOL'S Myth series is selected from collective of
childhood memories that were shaped by the mass
media, these images encompass the legends that he
felt defined American culture.
SUPERMAN THE SHADOW
UNCLE SAM MICKEY MOUSE
WARHOL shooting Polaroid
for
MYTH'S 1981 MAMMY
WICKED WITHCH of the WEST