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Date : approx. between 1869 and 1871
Material : Oil on canvas
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European Painting
Painting (Portrait)
Area related
France
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Cézanne's friend since childhood, the poet Anthony Valabrègue wrote mockingly in a letter to a mutual friend,» Every time he paints one of his friends it seems as though he were revenging himself of him for some hidden injury". Valabrègue refers to the slabs of paint that convey his distinctive physiognomy: broad forehead, high cheekbones, strong nose, rough beard. Working with a nearly monochromatic palette, Cézanne varied the thickness of the surface to animate an otherwise austere portrait.
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