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Exhibition "Picasso Cézanne" - Musee Granet of Aix en Provence
May, 25th 2009 - September, 27th 2009 |
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Cézanne and Picasso works exhibition: paintings, drawings, watercolours and engravings but also sculptures were exhibited upon the cymas of Granet Museum, and highlighted the Spanish painter’s major references and sources of
reflection and meditation regarding the ‘father figure’ in painting that he chose for himself. 
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Picasso - Nature morte à la dame jeanne - MNAM
 Website - Picasso Cezanne 2009
a website dedicated to the exhibition :
http://www.picasso-aix2009.fr
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| About the exhibition "Picasso Cézanne 2009" |
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The exhibition had four parts:
- Picasso collects Cézanne: Picasso collects Cézanne: Picasso was an expert and well-informed collector, and came to
own three of Cézanne’s masterpieces in his personal collection.
- Picasso watches Cézanne: from his arrival in Paris in 1900 to the end of the story of cubism: from his arrival in Paris in 1900 to the end of the story of cubism.
- Shared themes and shapes: fruit bowls, skulls, bathers, models on an armchair, Harlequin.
- Picasso moves closer to Cézanne: purchase of the Château, and the ‘Vauvenargues’ period,
with his masterpieces.
The works came from various private and public collections from France or foreign countries: Germany, Great Britain, Swiss, United States, Netherlands, Denmark, Japan.
The ‘Réunion des Musées Nationaux’ and the ‘Communauté du Pays d'Aix’ in Aix-en-Provence have made plans for this exhibition.
  
Paintings of Cézanne from the left to the right:
- Cezanne 'Man with a pipe' courtauld, The Samuel Courtauld Trust, Courtauld Institute of Art Gallery, London
- Paul Cézanne (1839-1906) Bethsabée around 1885-1890 Dépôt de l'Etat Musée Granet Aix © B.Terlay CPA ekt 1 - 984.07.005
- Portrait de Gustave Geffroy-Cézanne Paul -1839-1906- Paris-Musée d-Orsay ©RMN -Musée d-Orsay-©Hervé Lewandowski
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| The Château of Pablo Picasso in Vauvenargues |
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The Chateau is closed
In addition, the Château de Vauvenargues where Pablo
Picasso and his wife Jacqueline lived between 1959 and
1965 opened its doors to the public in the summer 2009, on the initiative
of Catherine Hutin, Jacqueline’s daughter and the current
owner. This château, built in the 17th century, was bought by
Picasso in September 1958. It is where Pablo and Jacqueline
Picasso were laid to rest, at the foot of the main steps on the
terrace, when they died in 1973 and 1986. On top of their tomb
is a bronze statue, la femme au vase, the original of which,
made in 1933, was displayed at the entry of the Spanish
pavilion at the international exhibition in Paris in 1937,
where one of the Spanish painter’s most famous paintings, ‘Guernica’, was unveiled.
The most significant rooms in the life of Pablo and Jacqueline
Picasso: the dining room,
the bedroom, the bathroom where Picasso painted the figure
of a faun straight onto the wall above the bathtub, and the
studio where he created some of his masterpieces.
2009 also marked the fiftieth anniversary of Picasso moving
into the Château de Vauvenargues, which is not far from Aix.
The Château de Vauvenargues was the last home chosen by
the painter before he finally moved to Mougins. The artist
chose the site in direct reference to Cézanne, gladly saying “I
live where Cézanne lives’. Although the Vauvenargues period
was short (1959-1961), it must have been more long-term in
Picasso’s mind, as he installed his collections
and studio there..
Château de Vauvenargues - photos - Henry Ely - Aix © Droits réservés
"Painting is stronger than me, it makes me do its bidding"
Picasso, 27 March 1963
Château de Vauvenargues - photos - Henry Ely - Aix © Droits réservés
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