Cézanne's Other: Hortense Fiquet Cézanne, as Painted by Her Husband, Paul

Speaker: Susan Sidlauskas, Distinguished Professor of the History and Theory of Modern Art at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey 
 
Paul Cézanne painted more portraits of his wife, Hortense, than any other sitter—the Detroit Institute of Arts boasts one in its collection. But these paintings have not often received attention. Compared to the sensual appeal and beauty of his apples in his still lifes and his landscapes, the portraits were viewed as “unattractive” or “uninteresting.”

Cézanne produced most of the paintings of Hortense during his period of greatest experimentation, allowing us to track the ways in which he remade the modern portrait. Indeed, this lecture will demonstrate audience that Hortense was Cézanne’s most significant “other.” 

This event is part of the DIA's Bonnie Ann Larson Modern European Artists Series.