Cézanne

Name: Cézanne
Brand: Thames and Hudson (Australia) Pty Ltd
SKU: 9780500295212
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Drawings and Watercolours

By Christopher Lloyd

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Cézanne explores the artist's deep engagement with drawing as a key to solving the challenges of representing reality. The book is structured thematically, covering his studies after Old Masters, his Impressionist phase, his portraiture and figure work including famous bathers, his landscapes centred on Provence and Mont Sainte-Victoire, and his still lifes. Lloyd intertwines these artworks with the context of Cézanne's life and artistic growth, offering insight into the creative processes behind his renowned oeuvre.
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Format: Paperback / softback

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This book is ideal for enthusiasts of art history, particularly those interested in Impressionism and post-Impressionist masters, as well as readers seeking a deeper understanding of Cézanne’s artistic evolution.

An engaging account that places Cézanne’s drawings and watercolours at the heart of the artistic endeavour of one of the most influential artists of the 20th century.

'Beautiful ... a deeply thought, lightly rendered account' Financial Times, Book of the Year

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Drawing was central to Cézanne's indefatigable search for solutions to the problems posed by the depiction of reality. Many of his watercolours are equal to his paintings, and he himself made no real distinction between painting and drawing.

This book's six chapters are arranged thematically, covering the whole range of Cézanne's œuvre: works after the Old Masters such as Michelangelo and Rubens; his period as one of the Impressionists; his exploration of both portraiture and the human figure, including the magnificent bathers; his interaction with landscape, particularly in his native Provence and the dominating form of Mont Sainte-Victoire; and finally the magisterial still lifes.

In the Introduction, as well as throughout the book, Lloyd sets the drawings and watercolours in the context of Cézanne's life and overall artistic development. The result is a greater understanding of the process that led to some of the most absorbing art ever produced.

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Apollo describes it as 'a beautifully produced, highly accessible volume,' while The New European notes it provides 'fresh insight into this enigmatic character,' highlighting Lloyd’s ability to convey Cézanne’s artistic preoccupations and development.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780500295212

Publisher: Thames & Hudson Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 25 July 2019

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Thames & Hudson Ltd

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 152.0mm

Height: 229.0mm

Weight: 750g

Pages: 320

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Arts & Culture Christopher Lloyd Non-Fiction

About the Author

Christopher Lloyd worked in the Department of Western Art of the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford from 1968 to 1988, combining curatorial duties with teaching. During that time he was appointed by Harvard University to a Fellowship at Villa I Tatti in Florence and was Visiting Research Curator of Early Italian Painting at the Art Institute of Chicago. He was appointed Surveyor of The Queen’s Pictures in the British Royal Collection in 1988 and retired from that post in 2005. He is now engaged in writing and organizing exhibitions on a wide variety of subjects. His publications include monographs on painters, catalogues of museum collections and surveys of the Royal Collection, as well as In Search of a Masterpiece: An Art Lover’s Guide to Great Britain and Ireland, Edgar Degas: Drawings and Pastels and Paul Cézanne: Drawings and Watercolours.