Paul Cezanne (1839-1906):
1839 January 19: Paul Cezanne born in Aix-en-Provence
1849-52 Attends Ecole St Joseph in Aix-en-Provence
1852-58 Attends College Bourbon in Aix. Beginning of friendship with Emile Zola
1858-59 Works at drawing academy at Aix
1859 Father aquires house, Jas de Bouffan
1861 First residence in Paris
1863 Exhibits at the Salon des Refuses
1870 Stays at L'Estaque with his mistress Hortense Fiquet. Submits Portrait of Achille Emperaire to Salon, but it is rejected
1872 Birth of Cezanne's son, Paul. Lives near Pissarro at Pontoise. The two artists work together
1873 Moves to Auvers-sur-Oise, meets Dr Gachet, who later befriended Van Gogh
1874 Cezanne shows three pictures int he first Impressionist Exhibition
1875-86 Lives intermittently at Aix, L'Estaque, Gardanne, Pontoise, Paris and elsewhere. Several visits to Zola at Medan
1877 Exhibits sixteen pictures at the third Impressionist Exhibition
1886 Cezanne marries Hortense Fiquet, mother of his son Paul. Louis-August Cezanne, the artist's father, dies, leaving him a substantial legancy
1889 Renoir visits Cezanne in Provence
1890 Invited to exhibit in Brussels. Travels with his family for a holiday in Switzerland
1894 Visits Money at Giverny
1895 First one-man show at Vollard's gallery in Paris
1896-99 Residence in Paris and Aix
1897 Death of Cezanne's mother
1899 Sells Jas de Bouffan to settle father's estate. Rents apartment in Aix. Paints portrait of Vollard
1901 Plans the building of a new studio overlooking Aix
1904 Exhibitions of Cezanne's work in Brussels and Paris
1906 Exhibits in Paris at the Salon d'Automne. October 15: collapses while painting outdoors, and has to be carried home. Dies on October 22, aged sixty-seven.
The Great Masters. London: Quantum Publishing Ltd, 2003.
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