Cézanne

Hardcover and softcover
600 pages, 12 x 9 in.
242 color + 262 b/w illus.
Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1996
Hardcover ISBN 9780876331019
Softcover ISBN 9780876331002

Published on the centenary of the artist’s first solo exhibition mounted in Paris, this catalogue contains more than 240 color plates of works by Paul Cézanne (1839–1906), illuminated by thoughtful commentaries by an array of international scholars. Numerous black-and-white illustrations of paintings, drawings, watercolors, and sketchbook pages represent all aspects of his oeuvre. This volume’s comprehensive review of the critical response evoked by Cézanne’s work, both during his lifetime and afterward, is unprecedented in the literature on the artist. Also included are a fully documented, illustrated chronology and an annotated glossary of the collectors who acquired the work.

Published to accompany the 1996 Cézanne retrospective organized by the Réunion des Musées Nationaux/Musée d’Orsay, Paris; the Tate Gallery, London; and the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

Françoise Cachin is the director of the Musées de France. Isabelle Cahn is research associate at the Musée d'Orsay, Paris. Walter Feilchenfeldt is an art historian, gallery owner, and art dealer. Henri Loyrette is the director of the Musée d’Orsay. Joseph J. Rishel is curator of European painting before 1900 at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.