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[[File:Paul Cézanne 141.jpg|right|thumb|''Portrait of Gustave Geffroy'', 1895]] |
[[File:Paul Cézanne 141.jpg|right|thumb|''Portrait of Gustave Geffroy'', 1895]] |
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[[Gustave Geffroy]] was a French novelist and art critic, noted as one of the earliest historians of [[Impressionist]] and [[Post-Impressionism]] artwork. |
[[Gustave Geffroy]] was a French novelist and art critic, noted as one of the earliest historians of [[Impressionist]] and [[Post-Impressionism]] artwork. |
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In 1895, Geffroy wrote an article in his periodical ''Le Journal'' praising the work of painter [[Paul Cézanne]]. He had met Cézanne the previous autumn, and took great interest in his work, becoming one of the painter's few critical supporters.(Murphy 100) Geffroy wrote, "He is a great teller of truth. Passionate and candid, silent and subtle, he will go to The Louvre."(Murphy 163-64) |
In 1895, Geffroy wrote an article in his periodical ''Le Journal'' praising the work of painter [[Paul Cézanne]]. He had met Cézanne the previous autumn, and took great interest in his work, becoming one of the painter's few critical supporters.(Murphy 100) Geffroy wrote, "He is a great teller of truth. Passionate and candid, silent and subtle, he will go to The Louvre."(Murphy 163-64) |
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In a show of gratitude, Cézanne elected to paint Geffroy's [[portrait]]. The painter sent the critic a request in April 1895, after which Geffroy sat for Cézanne on a daily basis over a span of three months in the study at his home in [[Paris]].(Murphy 100) After the three months' time, Cézanne, disappointed with the portrait's results, fled both the painting and Paris itself for his home in [[Aix-en-Provence]]. In a July 6th letter to friend [[Claude Monet]], he explained, "I am a little upset at the meager result I obtained, especially after so many sittings and successive bursts of enthusiasm and despair."(Wadley 103) |
In a show of gratitude, Cézanne elected to paint Geffroy's [[portrait]]. The painter sent the critic a request in April 1895, after which Geffroy sat for Cézanne on a daily basis over a span of three months in the study at his home in [[Paris]].(Murphy 100) After the three months' time, Cézanne, disappointed with the portrait's results, fled both the painting and Paris itself for his home in [[Aix-en-Provence]]. In a July 6th letter to mutual friend [[Claude Monet]], he explained, "I am a little upset at the meager result I obtained, especially after so many sittings and successive bursts of enthusiasm and despair."(Wadley 103) |
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Gustave Geffroy was a French novelist and art critic, noted as one of the earliest historians of Impressionist and Post-Impressionism artwork. In 1895, Geffroy wrote an article in his periodical Le Journal praising the work of painter Paul Cézanne. He had met Cézanne the previous autumn, and took great interest in his work, becoming one of the painter's few critical supporters.(Murphy 100) Geffroy wrote, "He is a great teller of truth. Passionate and candid, silent and subtle, he will go to The Louvre."(Murphy 163-64) In a show of gratitude, Cézanne elected to paint Geffroy's portrait. The painter sent the critic a request in April 1895, after which Geffroy sat for Cézanne on a daily basis over a span of three months in the study at his home in Paris.(Murphy 100) After the three months' time, Cézanne, disappointed with the portrait's results, fled both the painting and Paris itself for his home in Aix-en-Provence. In a July 6th letter to mutual friend Claude Monet, he explained, "I am a little upset at the meager result I obtained, especially after so many sittings and successive bursts of enthusiasm and despair."(Wadley 103)