CÉZANNE, Paul
(b. 1839, Aix-en-Provence, d. 1906, Aix-en-Provence)
CÉZANNE, Paul (b. 1839, Aix-en-Provence, d. 1906, Aix-en-Provence) |
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Mont Sainte-Victoire1902-06Oil on canvas, 65 x 81 cm Museum of Art, Philadelphia | |
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Mont Sainte-Victoire became a fetish for Cézanne, a sort of alter ego; he often spoke of the mountain as a person. His alter ego in the history of painting was Poussin, whose Arcadian Shepherds features the same peak hung (in reproduction) at the head of his deathbed. | |
