Paul Cezanne, 'The Painter's Father, Louis-Auguste Cezanne', about 1865
Full title | The Painter's Father, Louis-Auguste Cezanne |
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Artist | Paul Cezanne |
Artist dates | 1839 - 1906 |
Date made | about 1865 |
Medium and support | oil on painted plaster, later mounted on canvas |
Dimensions | 167.6 × 114.3 cm |
Acquisition credit | Bought, 1968 |
Inventory number | NG6385 |
Location | Not on display |
Collection | Main Collection |
An older man sits, legs crossed and head bowed, absorbed in his reading. This is Cezanne’s father, Louis-Auguste. He was probably in his early sixties when his son painted this portrait directly onto an alcove wall in the salon of Jas de Bouffan, the country residence outside Aix-en-Provence that Louis-Auguste had bought in 1859.
A photograph said to have been taken in 1905 shows the portrait still in place, flanked by four paintings of the seasons (Petit Palais, Paris).
An older man sits, legs crossed and head bowed, absorbed in his reading. This is Cezanne’s father, Louis-Auguste. He was probably in his early sixties when his son painted this portrait directly onto an alcove wall in the salon of Jas de Bouffan, the country residence outside Aix-en-Provence that Louis-Auguste had bought in 1859.
A photograph said to have been taken in 1905 shows the portrait still in place, flanked by four paintings of the seasons (Petit Palais, Paris).
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