{"product_id":"paul-cezanne-painting-people-9781855147164b","title":"Paul Cezanne Painting People","description":"\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003ePaul Cézanne (1839 – 1906) painted almost 200 portraits, including twenty - six of himself and twenty - nine of his wife . This book presents twenty - four ‘highlights’ from a major international exhibition that explores the portraiture of this remarkable artist, whom both Matisse and Picasso called ‘the father of us all’. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eIn bringing together a broad selection of Cézanne’s portraits, the book reveal s arguably the most personal , and therefore most human, aspect of his art, and one that has hitherto received surprisingly little attention. They range from the artist ’s earliest surviving self - portrait , dating from the 1860s, through portraits of his uncle Dominique, his wife Hortense, his son Paul and a range of friends and associates, to his final portrait of Vallier, the gardener at his house near Aix - en - Provence, made shortly before the artist’s death in 1906. \u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eThe art historian Mary Tompkins Lewis , author of \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eCézanne : Art and Ideas\u003c\/span\u003e (200 0 ) and \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eCézanne’s Early Imagery\u003c\/span\u003e ( 1989 ) , contributes an illuminating introductory essay on the artist and his portraiture for a genera l readership. Also included is an illustrated chronology of Cézanne’s life and work .\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"National Portrait Gallery Publications","offers":[{"title":"Bargain","offer_id":42817469022288,"sku":"9781855147164B","price":7.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/8173\/5760\/files\/9781855147164-l.jpg?v=1785865008","url":"https:\/\/bookoutlet.com\/products\/paul-cezanne-painting-people-9781855147164b","provider":"Book Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}