London: Allison & Busby, 1995. First edition. Hardback. Fine/Very Good. Allison & Busby, London, 1995. First edition. Book condition: near fine with just the merest amount of shelf wear to the head & tail of spine. Dust jacket condition: very good. Unclipped and with a little light shelf wear around the edges. Some slight scratching to rear surface. Drawing on contemporary sources, Philip Callow charts the twists and turns of an outwardly uneventful life which is full of inner anguish and a bitter ongoing struggle to overcome personal inadequacies, examining with new insights his relationship with Emile Zola, the most profound friendship of Cezanne's career; until a famous quarrel separated them. Philip Callow brilliantly encompasses all the complexities of a painter, who despite his own weakness and despair and the barrage of insults hurled against his work, became an exemplar of artistic commitment bearing comparison with Rembrandt. Here is the odyssey of a man passionately intent on belonging to a tradition he would one day open up and transform. This is a biography of remarkable wholeness, forceful and moving, which goes to the very heart of Cezanne.

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Bookseller: Ariadne Books (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 1303096
Title: Lost Earth: A Life of Cezanne
Author: Callow, Philip
Format/Binding: Hardback
Book Condition: Used - Fine
Jacket Condition: Very Good
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First edition
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0850318599
ISBN 13: 9780850318593
Publisher: Allison & Busby
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 1995
Keywords: Biography,Paul Cezanne
Bookseller catalogs: Biography;

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