Manet and the French impressionists: Pissarro--Claude Monet--Sisley--Renoir--Berthe Morisot--Cézanne--Guillaumin (1910)
Duret, Théodore, 1838-1927, Flitch, J. E. Crawford (John Ernest Crawford), tr · Philadelphia : J. B. Lippincott company · leaf 252
, inwhich Cezannes superiority lies, was beyond the reach of thosewho beheld his works; on the other hand, those features whichappeared to them to be little less than monstrous forced themselvespainfully upon their vision. For this reason his work seemed tothem to merit only laughter, sarcasm, and… … CEZANNE 183 for a long time he abstained from showing his works to the public.Henceforth he took no part in any of the exhibitions organised bythe Impressionists. But holding himself aloof from the world, hecontinued to paint with the greatest keenness and perseverance.He devoted himself to the…
