A career-spanning survey of a pivotal figure in modern art
‘With an apple, I will astonish Paris’, Cezanne once claimed. Leaving his native Aix-en-Provence for the French capital in his 20s, this is precisely what he did.Cezanne’s still life’s, landscapes and paintings of bathers were to give license to generations of artists to break the rule book. The history of painting was never to be the same again.
Focusing on the many tensions and contradictions in Cezanne’s work, this exhibition seeks to be a career spanning survey of a pivotal figure in modern art.Featuring many works shown for the first time in the UK, the show will follow his struggle between seeking official recognition and joining the emerging impressionists before relentlessly pursuing his own unique language.We will witness an artist wrestling with what it means to be a modern painter while remaining deeply skeptical about the world he lived in, from political unrest to a continually accelerating way of life.This fantastic exhibition will run until 12th March 2023, ticketing information and opening hours can be found below.
https://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-modern/ey-exhibition-cezanne
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