Atelier Paul Cézanne
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Creator(s)
designer: Paul Cezanne (French, 1839-1906)
Time period
creation date: 1901-1902
Location
Site: Aix-en-Provence (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France)
Cultural context
French
Description
http://www.atelier-cezanne.com/anglais/histoire-cezanne.htm
1901-1902
The studio was built on Les Lauves hill from Cézanne's own plans.
1902-1906
The studio was the creative home of a "new art" of which Cézanne called himself the "primitive".
1904
In February, Cézanne took on the young painter Emile Bernard at his studio at Les Lauves.
1906
On 22 October, Cézanne died of pleurisy contracted whilst painting as always "on site".
1921
Marcel Provence bought the studio from Cézanne's son in order to safeguard "a precious heritage, a spiritual treasure attached to these walls, and to this garden" died of pleurisy contracted whilst painti
1925
On 4 june, Doctor Albert Barnes visited the site.
1951
Marcel Provence died.
1952
John Rewald and James Lord set up the "Cézanne Memorial Committee".
1954
Thanks to funds collected in the United States, the studio was bought from Marcel Provence's heirs and given to the University of Aix-Marseille. On 8 July, the studio was officially opened to the public.
1955
Marilyn Monroe wrote in the visitor's book, "a wonderful visit".
1969
Ownership of the studio passed from University of Aix-Marseille to the City of Aix en Provence.
Today, visiting the studio is a way of "following little by little in the footstep of Cézanne and witnessing the unfolding of his sensations".
1901-1902
The studio was built on Les Lauves hill from Cézanne's own plans.
1902-1906
The studio was the creative home of a "new art" of which Cézanne called himself the "primitive".
1904
In February, Cézanne took on the young painter Emile Bernard at his studio at Les Lauves.
1906
On 22 October, Cézanne died of pleurisy contracted whilst painting as always "on site".
1921
Marcel Provence bought the studio from Cézanne's son in order to safeguard "a precious heritage, a spiritual treasure attached to these walls, and to this garden" died of pleurisy contracted whilst painti
1925
On 4 june, Doctor Albert Barnes visited the site.
1951
Marcel Provence died.
1952
John Rewald and James Lord set up the "Cézanne Memorial Committee".
1954
Thanks to funds collected in the United States, the studio was bought from Marcel Provence's heirs and given to the University of Aix-Marseille. On 8 July, the studio was officially opened to the public.
1955
Marilyn Monroe wrote in the visitor's book, "a wonderful visit".
1969
Ownership of the studio passed from University of Aix-Marseille to the City of Aix en Provence.
Today, visiting the studio is a way of "following little by little in the footstep of Cézanne and witnessing the unfolding of his sensations".
interior, 1975
Work type
Studio (work space)
Type
Image
Rights
(c) Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Access rights
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/
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