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).
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