This study is devoted to the self-portraits of Paul Cezanne, celebrated by many as the founding father of modern art. It begins in the 1860s, when the young Cezanne was struglling to make his mark in the Parisian art world. His earliest self-portraits express all the hostility he projected at both the official Salon and the avant-garde. By the early 1870s, however, Cezanne sought rapprochement with the avant-garde, joining Camille Pissarro at Pontoise and temporarily adopting Impressionist techniques. His self-portraits of ...
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This study is devoted to the self-portraits of Paul Cezanne, celebrated by many as the founding father of modern art. It begins in the 1860s, when the young Cezanne was struglling to make his mark in the Parisian art world. His earliest self-portraits express all the hostility he projected at both the official Salon and the avant-garde. By the early 1870s, however, Cezanne sought rapprochement with the avant-garde, joining Camille Pissarro at Pontoise and temporarily adopting Impressionist techniques. His self-portraits of this era depict a more sober and accommodating figure. Like Rembrandt, Cezanne also inserted his own image into narrative paintings, in particular a deeply revealing series from the late 1860s and 1870s. By his final years Cezanne had quelled the exuberant Romanticism of his youthful temperament. His self-portraits now show a spirit of introspection and scepticism that was very much in tune with the Symbolist mood of the times. These works are also, finally, serene and magisterial, depicting a man who, despite the doubts that never left him, had seen his aesthetic path and was unfailingly committed to it.
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Very Good. 2001. Hardcover. Cloth, d.j., in an acetate cover. 4to. Profusely illustrated. Some shelf-wear; several closed tears to d.j. Else bright, clean copy. Very Good. (Subject: Art).
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New. 0520232917. *** FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request ***-*** IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT-224 pages, with many striking black and white and color illustrations--Interior text is clean, tight, and unmarked. Pages are intact and tight to the spine. Corners and top and bottom edges of spine slightly bumped. A fine copy. From a review in "Library Journal": "Few artists painted as many self-portraits as Paul Cezanne. Art dealer Platzman uses these self-portraits to explore the artist's psychological profile, personal and artistic development, and relationships with other artists and with women. Thirty-six paintings and 24 drawings are reproduced in this volume, providing the most comprehensive publication of the artist's self-portraits to date. Platzman's style is expansive and speculative, bringing a wide array of historical, cultural, and psychological material into his discussions. The result is a somewhat idiosyncratic work that is most suitable for research and specialized art collections."--with a bonus offer--; 4to-over 9¾"-12" tall.
