CEZANNE’S RULE-BREAKING INSPIRED RULE BREAKERS. This is why he is frequently described as “the father of modern art”. It was he who consciously moved away from Impressionism, which had dominated painting in Paris in the 19th century and in doing so, paved the way for Fauvism, Cubism and beyond.
But Cezanne’s trajectory wasn’t straightforward: his life and work were full of contradictions. He was torn between a desire for acceptance and acclaim in Paris and his deep-seated belief that he needed to find a new way to paint; one which took him back to his native Provence. All of this and more is to be laid bare in the first major UK retrospective of Cezanne’s work in over 25 years at Tate Modern this autumn. The show will include some 80 still
