Paul Cezanne, Les Joueurs de cartes, 1890 et 1895; Huile sur toile, 47 x 56,5 cm. Paris, musée d’Orsay; Legs comte Isaac de Camondo, 1911. Hervé Lewandowski / RMN-GP © Musée d’Orsay, Dist. RMN-Grand Palais / Patrice Schmidt
Paul Cézanne was once summarily dismissed by a museum director as a “gribouillard de province” (a provincial scribbler). Hardly true—he showed at the Salon des Refusés in 1863 and Salon des Indépendants in 1901, and he hung around with Pissarro and Renoir.
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See all of our newslettersThroughout most of next year, the bucolic southern French town of Aix-en-Provence, where the Post-Impressionist painter was born and died, is bringing the artist’s legacy to life with a series of events, exhibitions, restorations and re-openings summarily titled “Cézanne 2025.” The celebrations will include the major exhibition at Musée Granet, “Cézanne au Jas de Bouffan,” with iconic pieces from its own collection........