1879, Paul Cezanne, The Gulf of Marseille Seen from L'Estaque -- Tate Modern (London) (special exhibition)
From the museum label: With its view across the sea to Marseille, this landscape and the other works in this room demonstrate the flattening planes of colour Cezanne described by letter to Pissarro. This work belonged to the impressionist artist Gustave Caillebotte, who bequeathed his collection, including five paintings by Cezanne, to the French state. Following difficult negotiations between the reluctant representatives of the government and Caillebotte's estate, only two out of five works by Cezanne, including this one, were accepted into the national collection in 1896.
1879, Paul Cezanne, The Gulf of Marseille Seen from L'Estaque -- Tate Modern (London) (special exhibition)
From the museum label: With its view across the sea to Marseille, this landscape and the other works in this room demonstrate the flattening planes of colour Cezanne described by letter to Pissarro. This work belonged to the impressionist artist Gustave Caillebotte, who bequeathed his collection, including five paintings by Cezanne, to the French state. Following difficult negotiations between the reluctant representatives of the government and Caillebotte's estate, only two out of five works by Cezanne, including this one, were accepted into the national collection in 1896.