Cézanne, Paul 1839-1906

Cézanne by Paul Cézanne ( Book )
433 editions published between 1900 and 2007 in 16 languages and held by 3,120 libraries worldwide
The veneration surrounding the French painter Paul Cezanne (1839-1906) for nearly a century has, paradoxically, contributed to the mystery of his genius. His work has been extensively analyzed, but in fundamental respects it remains incompletely understood. As such it is ripe for the reexamination provided by this volume, published on the centenary of the artist's first one-man exhibition, which was mounted in Paris by Ambroise Vollard. More than 240 large colorplates, illuminated by thoughtful commentaries, and 262 black-and-white illustrations of paintings, drawings, watercolors, and sketchbook pages represent all aspects of Cezanne's oeuvre. The book traces the full range of his stylistic evolution: dark and violent canvases of his early period, luminous works in which he came to grips with Impressionism, and the paintings of his maturity that broke entirely new ground. Also explored here is the artist's preoccupation with several themes and motifs - Mont Sainte-Victoire, bathers, and still lifes. Unprecedented in the literature on Cezanne is this volume's comprehensive review of the critical response that the artist's work has evoked, both in his lifetime and afterward. Francoise Cachin, Director of the Musees de France, discusses the years from 1865 to the artist's death in 1906, and Joseph J. Rishel, Curator of European Painting before 1900 at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, writes on the years from 1907 to the present. Their extensive quotations from newspaper reviews, monographs, and journal articles by writers from Emile Zola to Meyer Schapiro offer readers the means to evaluate for themselves the many contradictory interpretations of Cezanne's legacy that have been put forth over the last century. Representing the latest scholarship on Cezanne, the book provides a concordance to the numbering system of John Rewald's forthcoming catalogue raisonne of the paintings. Cezanne also includes the painter's own statements about art and other artists, a fully documented, illustrated chronology by Isabelle Cahn, and an annotated glossary of the collectors who acquired the work of Cezanne, prepared by Walter Feilchenfeldt.

Paul Cezanne by Paul Cézanne ( Book )
162 editions published between 1922 and 2007 in 9 languages and held by 1,654 libraries worldwide
10 photographs of the artist's work.

Cézanne : the late work : essays ( Book )
8 editions published in 1977 in English and held by 1,336 libraries worldwide

Paul Cezanne by Meyer Schapiro ( Book )
47 editions published between 1952 and 2004 in 3 languages and held by 1,163 libraries worldwide

Cézanne by Lionello Venturi ( Book )
15 editions published between 1942 and 1991 in 3 languages and held by 964 libraries worldwide

Cézanne : landscape into art by Pavel Machotka ( Book )
7 editions published in 1996 in English and held by 949 libraries worldwide
This book presents a new perspective on Paul Cezanne, one of the towering and most influential figures on nineteenth-century art. Pavel Machotka has photographed the sites of Cezanne's landscape painting, whenever possible, from the same spot and at the same time of day that Cezanne painted the scenes. While there are other books on Cezanne's landscapes, none is as closely informed by painterly knowledge and perception or as complete in its grasp of Cezanne's period and geography as the one.

Cézanne watercolors by Götz Adriani ( Book )
27 editions published between 1978 and 2006 in 5 languages and held by 894 libraries worldwide

Paul Cézanne, letters by Paul Cézanne ( Book )
29 editions published between 1941 and 1995 in English and held by 811 libraries worldwide

Cézanne by himself : drawings, paintings, writings by Paul Cézanne ( Book )
38 editions published between 1988 and 2004 in English and held by 763 libraries worldwide

The drawings of Paul Cézanne; a catalogue raisonné by Adrien Chappuis ( Book )
8 editions published in 1973 in English and held by 755 libraries worldwide