It might seem like gilding the lily to devote a two-part exhibition to a single historic event, and yet the result, “Paris 1874: Inventing Impressionism,” is a revelation.
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..Also included will be a carefully selected group of Cézanne's related paintings of peasants, several of which depict the same local models who appear in the card player compositions....
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..Also on display will be a previously unexhibited group of nine autograph letters in which Cézanne reflects upon the principles of his artistic practice...
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..Although the circumstances of their first encounter are unknown, an early portrait from 1872 (now lost) suggests that she was modeling for Cézanne by the age of twenty-two...
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..h past masters to very late works unique to him, and treating the range of themes, including apples, flowers and skulls—this select gathering of paintings offers viewers a brief reappraisal of Cézanne’s...
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