
Art and Art History Collection (Saskia)

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Publisher
Saskia, Ltd., Cultural Documentation
Abstract
On his first Paris trip, he met Marie-Hortense Fiquet, the model who eventually became his wife and the mother of his only child. She never liked Provence, and she never understood her husband. She preferred the city lights to the south of France, so they lived apart much of the time. She dutifully posed for her husband during summers in Aix, but these portraits show her with a remote, inscrutable look, with eyes that never meet the viewer's. She didn't get much out of the marriage. Paul kept her a secret from the family for years, and because he seldom sold a painting (although he did barter them for art supplies from P
Keywords
Stockholm, Sweden, Aix-en-Provence, France, Style: French Post- Impressionist, School: Post- Impressionist, Movement: French Post- Impressionism, French, Painting;, Painting
Subject: topical
Style: French Post- Impressionist; School: Post- Impressionist; Movement: French Post- Impressionism; French; Painting;
Subject: geographic
Stockholm, Sweden; Aix-en-Provence, France
Time Period
1878
Rights
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Access Restrictions
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Genre
Painting; picture
Holding Location
University of South Florida USF
Collection
Art and Art History (Saskia)
Identifier
A01-PFF0068
Recommended Citation
Unknown, "Madame Cezanne Sewing" (2022). Art and Art History Collection (Saskia). 3047.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/saskia/3047
