Portraits by Cézanne

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Paul CézanneWoman with a Coffeepot© RMN-Grand Palais (Musée d'Orsay) / Hervé LewandowskiPaul Cézanne (1839-1906) painted almost 200 portraits during his career, including 26 of himself and 29 of his wife, Hortense Fiquet.The exhibition will explore the special pictorial and thematic characteristics of Cézanne's portraiture, including his creation of complementary pairs and multiple versions of the same subject.The chronological development of Cézanne's portraiture will be considered, with an examination of the changes that occurred with respect to his style and method, and his understanding of resemblance and identity. The exhibition will also discuss the extent to which particular sitters inflected the characteristics and development of his practise.Works included in the exhibition will range from Cezanne's remarkable portraits of his Uncle Dominique, dating from the 1860s, through to his final portraits of Vallier, who helped Cézanne in his garden and studio at Les Lauves, Aix-en-Provence, made shortly before the artist's death in 1906.Cézanne is widely understood to be one of the most influential artists of the nineteenth century. Generally categorised as a Post-Impressionist, his unique method of building form with colour, and his analytical approach to nature influenced the art of Cubists, Fauvists, and successive generations of avant-garde artists. Both Matisse and Picasso called Cézanne ‘the father of us all.’ Studying his portraits, we are certainly dealing with the most personal, and therefore most human, aspect of Cézanne's art.









General Curator

John Elderfield, independant curator and art historian

Curator

Xavier Rey, Director of the museums of Marseille

Exhibition organized by the Musée d'Orsay, Paris, the National Portrait Gallery, London and the National Gallery of Art, WashingtonExhibition also presented in:London, National Portrait Gallery, from 26 October 2017 to 11 February 2018Washington, National Gallery of Art, from 25 March to 1st July 2018























































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Portraits by Cézanne Musée d'Orsay Main address: Musée d'Orsay 62, rue de Lille 75343 Paris Cedex 07, France Musée d'Orsay 62, rue de Lille 75343 Paris Cedex 07, France Paul CézanneWoman with a Coffeepot© RMN-Grand Palais (Musée d'Orsay) / Hervé LewandowskiPaul Cézanne (1839-1906) painted almost 200 portraits during his career, including 26 of himself and 29 of his wife, Hortense Fiquet.The exhibition will explore the special pictorial and thematic characteristics of Cézanne's portraiture, including his creation of complementary pairs and multiple versions of the same subject.The chronological development of Cézanne's portraiture will be considered, with an examination of the changes that occurred with respect to his style and method, and his understanding of resemblance and identity. The exhibition will also discuss the extent to which particular sitters inflected the characteristics and development of his practise.Works included in the exhibition will range from Cezanne's remarkable portraits of his Uncle Dominique, dating from the 1860s, through to his final portraits of Vallier, who helped Cézanne in his garden and studio at Les Lauves, Aix-en-Provence, made shortly before the artist's death in 1906.Cézanne is widely understood to be one of the most influential artists of the nineteenth century. Generally categorised as a Post-Impressionist, his unique method of building form with colour, and his analytical approach to nature influenced the art of Cubists, Fauvists, and successive generations of avant-garde artists. Both Matisse and Picasso called Cézanne ‘the father of us all.’ Studying his portraits, we are certainly dealing with the most personal, and therefore most human, aspect of Cézanne's art.









General Curator

John Elderfield, independant curator and art historian

Curator

Xavier Rey, Director of the museums of Marseille

Exhibition organized by the Musée d'Orsay, Paris, the National Portrait Gallery, London and the National Gallery of Art, WashingtonExhibition also presented in:London, National Portrait Gallery, from 26 October 2017 to 11 February 2018Washington, National Gallery of Art, from 25 March to 1st July 2018























































Tous mécènes! Entreprises, particuliers, soutenez cette exposition en un clic.
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