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Book SynopsisAn updated edition of this classic survey, a thorough overview of Paul CÃzanneâs life and work. For Picasso he was âlike our fatherâ; for Matisse, âa god of paintingâ. Paul CÃzanne (1839â1906) is widely regarded as the father of modern art. In this authoritative and accessible study, Richard Verdi traces the evolution of CÃzanneâs landscape, still-life and figure compositions, from the turbulently romantic creations of his youth to the visionary masterpieces of his final years. The painterâs biography â his fluctuating reputation and strained relations with his parents, wife and close friend Emile Zola â is vividly evoked using excerpts from his own letters and from contemporary accounts of the artist. CÃzanne was torn between the desires to create art and to seek inspiration â to master the themes of the past, through his copying sessions in the Louvre, and to explore the eternal qualities of nature in the countryside of his native Provence. In this way the artist sought â
