Cahiers d’Art published for the first time an article on Cézanne in 1926: SALMON, André wrote an article showing unpublished drawings by Cézanne. Then, in 1927 Christian Zervos wrote Idealism and Naturalism in Modern Painting: II – Cézanne, Gauguin, Van Gogh. In 1931, the Revue mentions the 25th anniversary of the painter’s death, in its 9th-10th issue. On this occasion, Ambroise Vollard wrote an article Souvenirs sur Cézanne, where the author mentions the prolific production of his painting. In 1935, Christian Zervos reported on the exhibitions of this period and signed “Renoir, Cézanne, their contemporaries and the young English painting”, in the issue 1-4.

biography

Paul Cézanne is a major figure in modernity, and essential to the history and contributions of Cahiers d’Art. He was born in Aix en Provence in 1839, where he died in 1906. He has, so to speak, never far from his Aix country. For many artists of the twentieth century, it represents an essential reference. Fauves, cubists as well as all the young artists of this generation discovered a selection of 56 works by the artist during the posthumous exhibition organized at the Salon d’Automne in 1907. It will accompany the cubist research of Braque and Picasso. Many articles are devoted to him: “Unpublished Drawings of Cézanne” by André Salmon (n ° 10, 1926) or “Souvenirs sur Cézanne” by Ambroise Vollard on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of his death in 1931 (n ° 9- 10). He embodies a very important artist for Chrisitan Zervos. The latter has widely expressed that he discovered modern art and the new pictorial experiments leading to cubism through the works of Paul Cézanne.