Lecture 44: Renoir, Pissarro, and Cézanne
death, Cézanne wrote to the painter Emile Bernard, “I am continually making
observations from nature, and I feel that I am making some slight progress.”
That humility before nature is what drove Cézanne, and his slight progress
drove much of the art of the century that began soon after he died. ŶPaul Cézanne:
Lac d’Annecy, 1896, oil on canvas, 25 ½ x 32” (65 x 81 cm), Courtauld
Institute Galleries, London, Great Britain.
Mont Sainte-Victoire and the Viaduct of the Arc River Valley, c. 1885, oil
on canvas, 25 ¾ x 32 1/8” (65.4 x 81.6 cm), The Metropolitan Museum
of Art, New York City, New York, USA.
Portrait of Madame Cezanne, 1890–92, oil on canvas, 24 3/8 x
20 1/8” (62 x 51 cm), Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania, USA.
Quarry at Bibémus, c. 1895, oil on canvas, 25 ½ x 32” (64.7 x 81.2 cm),
Folkwang Museum, Essen, Germany.
Still-Life with Apples and Oranges, c. 1895–1900, oil on canvas,
29 1/8 x 36 5/8” (74 x 93 cm), Musée d’Orsay, Paris, France.
Trees and Houses, c. 1885, oil on canvas, 21 ¼ x 29” (54 x 73 cm),
Musée de l’Orangerie, Paris, France.
Woman with a Coffee Pot, c. 1890–94, oil on canvas, 51 ½ x 38”
(130.5 x 96.5 cm), Musée d’Orsay, Paris, France.
Camille Corot:
The Bridge at Mantes, c. 1868–70, oil on canvas, 15 ¼ x 21 ¾”
(38.5 x 55.5 cm), Musée du Louvre, Paris, France.
Camille Pissarro:
L’lle Lacroix, Effect of Fog at Rouen, 1888, oil on canvas, 18 3/8
x 22” (45.7 x 55.8 cm), Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania, USA.Works Discussed