Cézanne portraits

Cézanne portraits

John Elderfield

Book - 2017

A major new study of the portraiture of one of the most important artists of the nineteenth century. Paul Cézanne (1839-1906) may be best known for his landscapes, but he also painted some 160 portraits throughout his exceptional career. This major work establishes portraiture as an essential practice for Cézanne, from his earliest self-portraits in the 1860s; to his famous depictions of figures including his wife Hortense Fiquet, the writer Émile Zola, and the art dealer Ambrose Vollard; and concluding with a poignant series of portraits of his gardener Vallier, made shortly before Cézanne's death. Featured essays by leading experts explore the special pictorial and thematic characteristics of Cézanne's portraits. The author...s address the artist's creation of complementary pairs and multiple versions of the same subject, as well as the role of self-portraiture for Cézanne. They investigate the chronological evolution of his portrait work, with an examination of the changes that occurred within his artistic style and method, and in his understanding of resemblance and identity. They also consider the extent to which particular sitters influenced the characteristics and development of Cézanne's practice.

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Subjects
Cézanne, Paul, > 1839-1906 > Exhibitions.
Cézanne, Paul, > 1839-1906 > Criticism and interpretation.
Painters > France > 19th century.
Portrait painting, French > 19th century > Exhibitions.
Exhibition catalogs.
Genres
Exhibition catalogs
Published
Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press [2017]
Language
English
Main Author
John Elderfield (author)
Other Authors
Mary G. Morton (author), Xavier Rey (contributor), Jayne Warman (-), Alex Danchev, Paul Cézanne, 1839-1906
Item Description
Published in 2017 in Great Britain by National Portrait Gallery Publications, London.
Published to accompany the exhibition "Cézanne Portraits" held at the Musée D'Orsay in Paris from 13 June to 24 September 2017 ; the National Portrait Gallery in London from 26 October 2017 to 11 February 2018 ; the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. from 25 March to 1 July 2018.
Physical Description
255 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits (chiefly color) ; 31 cm
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 246-247) and indexes.
ISBN
9780691177861
Place of Publication
United States -- New Jersey -- Princeton.
  • Introduction: the reading of the model / John Elderfield
  • Cézanne portraits; Defiant beginnings, 1862-72; Impressionism and after, 1872-85; Comparative portraiture, 1885-90; The working class and the art world, 1890-1900; Last years, 1900-6 / John Elderfield, Mary Morton, and Xavier Rey
  • Dramatis Personae / Alex Danchev
  • Chronology / Jayne S. Warman.
Review by Library Journal Review

This extraordinary catalog for a globe-trotting exhibition (Paris; London; Washington, DC) gathers more than 100 portraits by Cézanne, who was better known for his still lifes and landscapes. With a concentration on family and friends, the artist expressed the characters he knew well, but what is so striking in many of these paintings, particularly the early ones, is the seeming lack of empathy with or connection to the sitter. Cézanne frequently used photographs of his subjects in addition to "sittings," and this was the case in the numerous self-portraits appearing here. Series depicting the same person, often in different costumes, serve as fine examples of the artist working and reworking the same subject. Cézanne was an enormous influence on the generation of artists who followed him: cubists, fauvists, and the entire avant garde movement. Essays by an impressive trio of scholars (John Elderfield, curator emeritus, Museum of Modern Art; Mary Morton, curator, National Gallery of Art; and Xavier Rey, director of collections, Musée d'Orsay) offer a fine combination of insight and information. VERDICT This work, which offers the opportunity to view another side of the life work of a very popular artist, should appeal to the general public as well as scholars in the field.-Paula Frosch, Metropolitan Museum of Art Lib., New York © Copyright 2018. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

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