Cezanne – Paint it Black

Paul Alexis Reading to Emile Zola, c. 1869-1881
Still life with teapot, c.1869

This review (comments) appeared in the Guardian, UK, Monday 12 December 2011.

Cézanne: paint it black: After decades of writing about art, John Berger thought he knew Cézanne. But a Paris retrospective proved a revelation.

The Musee de Luxembourg’s Cezanne and Paris exhibit web site for a glimpse of what Berger saw. I have been reading and re-reading his review, which is lovely to read, and let linger or hover about.

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