Cezanne
The late impressionist Cézanne was also a man out of step with the world. He was also born into a wealthy family and his father was a banker in Provence. He lived with a model and gave birth to a son, Paul. When his father learned about this, he pretended to be confused and refused to admit it, and his father cut his expenses.
Cezanne
Cézanne and the naturalist writer Zola were classmates in high school, and the two of them used to be like-minded, but by this time Zola had developed a sense of distance from the impressionists, and he thought that Cézanne was nothing more than a failed painter, but Zola still helped the fallen Cézanne a lot.
In the end, the father forgave his son. Soon after, his father died, but he still gave Cézanne a share of the inheritance. When Cézanne became wealthy, he could paint with peace of mind, when he fell in love with a maid, and in order to avoid the eyes and ears of his family and wife, he privately asked Renoir to be a messenger.
Zola was originally a supporter of the Impressionists, but later dismissed the Impressionists. The transformation came from Melly, whom Cézanne introduced to Zola in 1863, who later became Madame de Zola. Melly is an orphan, a former flower girl, and a model for painters who call her "Baby".
For her, Cézanne was a witness to her tragic past, so she loathed Cézanne.
Later Zola wrote "Masterpieces", which marked a change in Zola's attitude towards Impressionism. The protagonist, Claude, is an incompetent painter who ends up committing suicide in the face of unfinished paintings.
Many people say that Zola is a parlor for Cézanne, but in fact, Claude is a synthesis of several people, Manet's shadow is a little more, more like Monet, and Cézanne's components are actually the least. So, the most angry was Monet, who strongly condemned Zola.
Cézanne didn't feel that the work had anything to do with him at all, he never thought of committing suicide, and he thought the novel's tragic ending was ridiculous. He said to his friend: "We can't force someone who doesn't know how to draw to tell some reasonable knowledge about painting, but, fuck!" How can it be said that a painter commits suicide because he painted a bad picture? If one painting is not painted, throw it into the fire and burn it, you will get to start the other again. ”
Cézanne did not break with Zola, but ceased to interact.
I read Zola's "Masterpiece", and I think that its naturalistic writing is still characteristic in terms of details, and his problem is that there is no "thought", the so-called seeing the tree does not see the forest. In this regard, Proust was much better than him.
Stories are just stories
Valerie arranged for us to have lunch near the Elysee Palace, inviting Parisian dealers, appraisers and a descendant of Renoir to meet us.
Have lunch with Parisian dealers, appraisers and a descendant of Renoir
The latter, Renoir's great-grandson, now almost 70 years old, showed us a painting of Renoir's work by his grandfather. His resemblance to Renoir gave him an advantage in dealing with foreigners, and Americans would like to ask him as an intermediary to buy paintings. In the art dealer industry, trust is the most important.
At least he was familiar with Renoir and the Impressionists. He mentioned an important detail, it is believed that Renoir suffered from rheumatoid arthritis in his later years, his fingers were inflexible, and he could only tie a brush to his hand to paint. Almost all biographies and descriptions of Renoir emphasize this detail, and I was very impressed. That's why it's hard for me to imagine how Renoir painted in his later years.
The descendant of Renoir stressed that there was no such thing and that it was misinformation. It dawned on me. I think there should be a lot of similar misinformation, so many Impressionist stories can only be heard as stories.
My son asked Renoir's descendants a question in the hotel – which was more acceptable at the time by Renoir or Monet?
Renoir's descendants say their ancestors were higher, because Renoir was commissioned by an American client, and the important buyers of Impressionist works came from the United States rather than France.