1871 (ca.), Paul Cézanne, Portrait of Anthony Valabrègue -- Getty Museum (Los Angeles)
From the exhibition label: A childhood friend of both Cézanne and Émile Zola, Valabrègue moved to Paris in the 1860s to establish himself as a writer, publishing poems and art historical essays. Although he sat for at least three portraits by Cézanne, he never quite understood the artist’s work, confiding later to Zola: “Every time [Cézanne] paints one of his friends, it seems as though he were avenging himself for some hidden injury.”
1871 (ca.), Paul Cézanne, Portrait of Anthony Valabrègue -- Getty Museum (Los Angeles)
From the exhibition label: A childhood friend of both Cézanne and Émile Zola, Valabrègue moved to Paris in the 1860s to establish himself as a writer, publishing poems and art historical essays. Although he sat for at least three portraits by Cézanne, he never quite understood the artist’s work, confiding later to Zola: “Every time [Cézanne] paints one of his friends, it seems as though he were avenging himself for some hidden injury.”