Paul Cezanne, French, 1839–1906. Rocks at Fontainebleau, 1895–1900. Oil on canvas, 73.3 × 92.4 cm. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, 1929.
I eagerly anticipated Cézanne: The Rock and Quarry Paintings for months after the Princeton University Art Museum announced this exhibition dedicated to Paul Cézanne‘s numerous paintings of rocky landscapes. I visited the show on opening day, March 7th, 2020, and wrote the following review for DailyArt Magazine. I was lucky to see the show when I did, because Princeton is now on hiatus due to coronavirus. I hope that the museum will be able to re-open in time for others to experience this delightful exhibition. In the meantime, you can read my review and find out why I liked it so much.
Alexandra Kiely, aka A Scholarly Skater, is an art historian based in the northeastern United States. She loves wandering down the dark and dusty corners of art history and wholeheartedly believes in visual art's ability to enrich every person's life.
Her favorite periods of art history are 19th-century American painting and medieval European art and architecture. When she not looking at, reading about, writing about, or teaching art, she's probably ice dancing or reading.
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