Cezanne and Delacroix's posthumous reputation.

From: The Art Bulletin | Date: March 1, 2005| Author: Athanassoglou-Kallmyer, Nina | Copyright information

A photograph of 1894 shows Paul Cezanne in his Paris studio at work on a small canvas on the easel, The Apotheosis of Delacroix (Fig. 1). The title is based on Cezanne's own words in a letter of May 12, 1904, to Emile Bernard from Aix-en-Provence. In it the old painter declares his enduring admiration for Eugene Delacroix, but, he adds, not without a touch of melancholy, "I don't know whether my precarious health will ever enable me to realize my dream of creating his apotheosis." ...

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