Screen LibraryMadame Cézanne /
"Paul Cézanne's (1839-1906) portraits of Hortense Fiquet (1850-1922), his wife and the subject of some of his most iconic portraits, rank among the most powerful of their kind in French modernism. Yet, posterity has not been kind to Madame Cézanne. She was called a distraction, blamed for...
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art,
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New York : New Haven : |
| Publication Dates: |
[2014] [2014] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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"Paul Cézanne's (1839-1906) portraits of Hortense Fiquet (1850-1922), his wife and the subject of some of his most iconic portraits, rank among the most powerful of their kind in French modernism. Yet, posterity has not been kind to Madame Cézanne. She was called a distraction, blamed for her husband's "lackluster" landscapes, and disdained for her impenetrable expression in the paintings. The reality is more complex, for while Fiquet may not have been the passion of Cézanne's lifetime, she was a willing accomplice, as model, mother of his only son, and unwavering partner against all odds. Madame Cézanne examines this unique relationship within the context of Cézanne as a painter, draftsman, and portraitist, and sheds light on the personal relationship between artist and muse. Featuring all 28 of Cézanne's oil portraits of Fiquet and most of the known drawings, Madame Cézanne both corrects, with insight and compassion, the long-held misconceptions about the Cézannes' unconventional marriage, and shows how Cézanne's portraits of his wife provide a lens through which to better understand his overall technique"--Publisher's website. |
| Item Description: | Catalog of an exhibition held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, November 19, 2014-March 15, 2015. |
| Carrier Form: | xv, 224 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 186-190) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780300208108 0300208103 |
| Index Number: | N6853 |
| CLC: | J231(565) |
| Call Number: | J231(565)/A524 |
| Contents: |
Newly seeing the familiar: Paul Cézanne, Hortense Fiquet, and the portraits / My great-grandmother Marie-Hortense Fiquet / A template for experimentation: Cézanne's process and the paintings of Hortense Fiquet / The portraits of Madame Cézanne: changing perspectives / Cézanne as draftsman: sketchbooks and graphite drawings / Cézanne and Matisse paint their wives / Re-imagining Cézanne / |