Art

A Brief on Paul CÐ"©zanne

Paul CÐ"©zanne was born in Aix-en-Provence, a small town south of France. As a young boy, CÐ"©zanne's passions lay in his poetry and his friends, including Emile Zola (Preble 402). CÐ"©zanne is included in the time of the Post-Impressionists. CÐ"©zanne wanted "to make Impressionism into something solid and enduring like the art of museums" (Preble 401).

CÐ"©zanne did not have a typical, (as I define as friendly), relationship with his father. CÐ"©zanne had some problems with his father. CÐ"©zanne's father wanted for CÐ"©zanne to be a lawyer. His father had sent him to a college for lawyers but CÐ"©zanne was coaxed otherwise by his friend Zola her moved to Paris (Preble 402). CÐ"©zanne's father had bought the Jas de Bouffan, which would be the place that CÐ"©zanne did many of his works (Rewald 21). The Jas de Bouffan would be their residence for over a half a century. In one of CÐ"©zanne's paintings of their residence he omits people and animals that, like in most of his paintings, would disrupt the unchanging features of the scene (Murphy 150). CÐ"©zanne's father was always in a struggle with his son. His father was one that could not comprehend anyone being able to be successful in anything that did not make him or her rich. One thing that his father had to be able to recognize was that his son had determination, but his father was utterly blind in seeing his son's talent (Rewald 35). When CÐ"©zanne's father died, CÐ"©zanne spoke of him as a genius for leaving him an income of 25,000 francs (Murphy 123).

CÐ"©zanne married his 12-year affair Hortense Fiquet. A few months after their marriage, CÐ"©zanne's father died. Hortense was not welcome at the Jas de Bouffan by CÐ"©zanne's mother and sister. People say that his mother and sister banned her from the house and they were in a rage of giving her too much money (Murphy 117). CÐ"©zanne's sister, Marie, was the one that encouraged the marriage, even though she disliked Hortense, in hope that in would lift the spirits of her brother. Hortense and CÐ"©zanne did not along very well (Rewald 125). Even after their marriage, CÐ"©zanne had no thought about living the Jas or his other and sister. CÐ"©zanne thought that 16,000 francs, which were her share, was all that she needed (Rewald 125).

Emile Zola was Paul's best friend. CÐ"©zanne and Zola were attracted by their shared interest in literary movements and artists. Zola and CÐ"©zanne played an important role in each other's life with Zola helping start CÐ"©zanne's art career and CÐ"©zanne helping Zola to start thinking about pictorial art (Murphy 14). CÐ"©zanne at one point thought he could write and some