The Letters of Paul Cézanne

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Edited and translated by Alex Danchev Revered and misunderstood by his peers and lauded by later generations as the father of modern art, Paul Cézanne (1839–1906) has long been a subject of fascination for artists and art lovers, writers, poets, and philosophers. His life was a ceaseless artistic quest, and he channeled much of his wide-ranging intellect and ferocious wit into his letters. Punctuated by exasperated theorizing and philosophical reflection, outbursts of creative ecstasy and melancholic…