A noted critic and sculptor, a career painter, and an artist who became a local politician, with examples of their work.
Cézanne
Understanding the mental processes involved in painting is vital to understanding how reflections could go wrong.
To date, explanations of discrepancies in Cézanne’s reflections have assumed that they were intentional. Were they, or could they have been the result of his diabetes?
A selection of six more paintings by Cézanne, covering his whole painting career, show marked discrepancies in their reflections.
This extended essay is likely to change much of our thinking about painting, perhaps art in general. It may be the most important book about art of this decade.
Marks made by the brush and knife serve different purposes from the late nineteenth century. They also beg some fascinating questions.
Three paintings by Cézanne with major discrepancies in the reflections shown. Were these deliberate? If so, why?
Does the way in which Turner painted reflections give deeper insight into his work, or his limitations?
It was Clive Bell’s aesthetics which underpinned Roger Fry’s promotion of the Post-Impressionists. Here is what he wrote.
An exhibition in London in 1910 changed the course of history for Cézanne, and John Singer Sargent.
The Eclectic Light Company 