Cezanne and Picasso—together again for the first time
What was the influence of Cezanne on the work of Picasso? Even though art historians have been considering this question for decades, there has never been an international exhibition which took this question as its subject—until now. At the Musee Granet, in Aix-en-Provence, a major gathering of works by these two giants shows clearly the ways in which Picasso, both overtly and implicitly, showed his admiration and respect for Cezanne.
The two artists never met—although it would have been possible for them to have done so between 1901 and 1906, when they shared the same dealer in Paris, Ambrose Vollard. However, throughout his career, Picasso revered Cezanne and, in 1959, actually moved into Cezanne’s “neighborhood” when he and his wife, Jacqueline, bought the Chateau de Vauvenargues. From his new home, Picasso looked out on the scene made famous by Cezanne—the Mont Ste. Victoire—although Picasso chose not to paint it, perhaps in deference to the master.
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