C zanne and the Past

Cézanne and the Past presents an overview of Paul Cézanne’s oeuvre and his approach to the past through paintings, drawings and water colours by the artist, supplemented by thirty to forty works by 16th – 19th century masters. This publication explores how Cézanne integrated the culture of Provence into his art, along with the classical education of the provincial young man, that he was and the art he saw in museums. Out of the cogitations and struggles of a young artist, the most significa...