Art Lives Series Paul Cezanne

Paul Cézanne counts as the father of modern painting Far from Paris in the South of France his obstinacy as man and artist made him a pioneer of a new way of seeing Returning always to the same sujets the Mont SainteVictoire bathing figures or still lifes he abandoned central perspective distorted bodyshapes and broke all the traditional rules of landscape painting Aided by experts and descendants of the artist Matthew Collings gives a thorough introduction to Cézannes life and work exploring the lifelong artistic quest of the man whom Picasso called my only master