Cézanne in the Barnes Foundation

A monumental volume devoted to one of the world's largest and most spectacular collections of C zannes. The Barnes Foundation's holdings of works by the renowned Post-Impressionist Paul C zanne (1839-1906)--sixty-one oils on canvas and eight works on paper--are among the most significant in the world. The Barnes Foundation was established in 1922 by scientist, entrepreneur, and educator Dr. Albert C. Barnes, a passionate supporter of European modernism. His virtually unrivaled collection, which can only be viewed at the Barnes Foundation, also includes exceptional paintings by Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Henri Matisse, Pablo Picasso, and many others. Beginning in 1912, Barnes acquired works by C zanne from major Paris dealers such as Paul Durand-Ruel and soon ranked among the artist's most prominent collectors. At the time, this expressed a pioneering taste that Barnes shared with only a small group of enthusiasts, even though C zanne had been posthumously hailed as a father of modern art a