<p>From dust jacket notes: "Joachim Gasquet's personal and largely first-hand study of the greatest and most profound modern painter has been known to Cezanne experts and art historians for some time. But it has hitherto been available only in the French edition that was published originally in 1921. Now the English-reading audience is introduced for the first time to an invaluable and often-cited source of information on Cezanne's aspirations and ideas. Gasquet's father Henri was a schoolboy friend of Cezanne's in Aix, and in his later years Cezanne painted impressive portraits of both father and son. Joachim himself, a young man with a consuming interest in literature and Provencal culture, first came to know Cezanne in 1896. On numerous occasions prior to Cezanne's death in 1906, he saw and talked with the artist he so much admired. The first half of the book offers an account of Cezanne's life and career, based on Cezanne's own hints and testimony as well as details Gasquet obtained from others who had known the artist at various stages of his life in Paris and Aix. The second half is couched in the form of conversations between Gasquet and Cezanne, in the course of which Cezanne struggles to formulate his basic artistic philosophy. What emerges is a poignant and unforgettable portrait of a tortured, obsessed genius who seemed doomed never to satisfy his own ideals...."</p>

Joachim Gasquet's Cezanne: A Memoir With Conversations

Arts & Photography

Gasquet, Joachim

Individual Artists

Thames&Hudson

English summary: Gasquet, who was one of Cezanne's friends, talks about the painter and his work. In the second part of the book, he even faithfully relates comments made by Cezanne himself. Yet another long silence followed. Then he looked at me, and I felt his eyes dazzle me as they penetrated to the very depths of my being and beyond, to the nethermost edge of the future. His smile was broad, yet resigned. - Someone else will do what I could not ... perhaps I am only the primitive of a new art. Then, a sort of stupefying revolt seized him. - How frightening life is! And like a prayer said at twilight, I heard him murmur several times: - I want to die while painting ... die while painting. ... French description: Gasquet qui fut l'ami de Cezanne parle de lui, de sa creation et dans la deuxieme partie du livre il rapporte fidelement les propos meme de Cezanne.Un grand silence encore. Puis, il me regarde, et je sens ses yeux qui, jusqu'au fond de moi, par-dela moi, jusqu'au fond de l'avenir, m'eblouissent. Il a un grand sourire resigne.- Un autre fera ce que je n'ai pu faire... je ne suis, peut-etre, que le primitif d'un art nouveau.Puis, une sorte de revolte effaree le traverse.- C'est effrayant, la vie!Et comme une priere, dans le soir qui tombe, je l'entends qui, plusieurs fois, murmure: - Je veux mourir en peignant...mourir en peignant...

Cézanne (Encre Marine) (French Edition)

History & Criticism

Encre Marine

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