A key figure in the impressionist and post-impressionist movements, Paul Cézanne (1839–1906) is widely recognized today as one of the founders of modern art. Cézanne spent some formative time in Paris, Pontoise, and Auvers, where he was especially influenced in the 1870s by the impressionist style, lighter palette, and open-air approach of Camille Pissarro. But Cézanne repeatedly returned to his native Provence, spending the last twenty years of his life almost exclusively there. It was in his studio in Aix-en-Provence, and on frequent painting excursions into the surrounding countryside, that Cézanne created some of his most original works—compelling landscapes; captivating still lifes; portraits of local characters, friends, and family; and imaginative figure paintings, such as the monumental bathers painted in the last decade of his life. The twenty-eight images collected here are from the exhibition Cézanne in Provence—organized by the National Gallery of Art, Washington, the Musée Granet and the Communauté du Pays d'Aix, Aix-en-Provence, and the Réunion des musées nationaux, Paris—the principal international exhibition marking 2006 as the centenary of the death of Paul Cézanne (1839–1906). Book size: 6 7/8 x 4 3/4 in. ISBN: 0-7649-3627-1. |
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