Season 2 Episode 8 - Paul Cezanne

In our final episode of Season 2 Kennardley interviews Paul Cezanne, the brilliant 19th and early 20th century artist who had a profound influence on modern art, inspiring the likes of Pablo Picasso, Henri Mattise and Vincent Van Gogh as well as having a reputation of being the shy, asocial, moody, oversensitive and even rude. Take the journey back in time and find out more about this great artist.

References

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Paul-Cezanne/Development-of-his-mature-style

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_C%C3%A9zanne

https://www.vqronline.org/essay/c%C3%A9zanne-and-his-temperament

Find out more at https://www.talkstraightproductions.com/great-artists-in-history

Paul Cezanne - Episode Highlights

00.00 - Episode Intro

01.44 - Birthdate and Place

03.03 - Cezanne’s difficult temperament. Education and friendship with Emile Zola

04.37 - First Art classes in Aix

04.57 - Move to Paris

05.46 - Rejection from Academia des Beaux Arts, the Academie Suisse and meeting Camille Pissaro

07.34 - Exhibiting at the Salon des Refusés

08.38 - Meeting future wife Marie-Hortense Ficault and escaping the Franco Prussian War.

09.39 - Working with Camille Pissaro and birth of son Paul

11.25 - Exhibiting with the Impressionists

12.16 - Father cuts allowance after finding out about illegitimate son.

13.18 - A move back to Aix en Provence. Marriage of convenience to Hortense. Fathers death and inheritance.

14.53 - First One man show and finally selling paintings.

15.47 - Mothers death and withdrawal into isolation.

17.23 - Salon D’Automne exhibition.

17.48 - Death in 1906 aged 67

18.45 - Outro

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