Paul Cézanne : painting people / with an essay by Mary Tompkins Lewis

Author: Lewis, Mary Tompkins
Additional Titles: Painting people
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2017]
Copyright Date: ©2017
Physical Description: 95 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits ; 21 cm
Additional Creators: Cézanne, Paul, 1839-1906. Selections, Musée d'Orsay, National Portrait Gallery (Great Britain), and National Gallery of Art (U.S.)

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Contents

Faces, figures and physicality of paint: Cézanne's portraits / Mary Tompkins Lewis -- Painting people -- Chronology.

Summary

This beautifully illustrated book features twenty-four masterpieces in portraiture by celebrated French artist Paul Cézanne (1839-1906), offering an excellent introduction to this important aspect of his work. Arranged chronologically and spanning five decades, featured portraits range from a selection of the artist's self-portraits, made throughout his life, to paintings depicting family and friends, including his uncle Dominique, his wife Hortense, his son Paul, and his final portrait of Vallier, the gardener at his house near Aix-en-Provence, completed shortly before Cézanne's death. Art historian Mary Tompkins Lewis contributes an illuminating essay on Cézanne and his portraiture for general readers, alongside an illustrated chronology of the artist's life and work.

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ISBN

0691177953 (paperback)
9780691177953 (paperback)

Note

Highlights from the exhibition held at Musée d'Orsay, Paris, June 13-September 24, 2017; National Portrait Gallery, London, October 26, 2017-February 11, 2018; National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., March 25-July 1, 2018.

Bibliography Note

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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