An illuminating analysis of the work of Paul Cezanne, one of the most influential painters in the history of modern art, by T. J. Clark, one of the world’s most respected art historians. 

For many artists and writers, the art of Paul Cézanne represents the key to modernity. His paintings were a touchstone for writers such as Samuel Beckett as much as for artists such as Henri Matisse. Rainer Maria Rilke revered him deeply, as did Pablo Picasso. They thought if they lost touch with his sense of life, they lost an essential element of their own self-understanding. Hardcover, 240 pages.