Paul CézanneFrench, 1839–1906May one see it?
Paris, France
The owner is known. Whether it is on view today, the museum does not say, and we were not trained to guess.
1864–1869
Annual Rejections by the Paris Salon
The official Salon rejected Cézanne's works every year from 1864 to 1869; he continued submitting until 1882.
early 1869
Meeting Hortense Fiquet
In early 1869, at the Académie Suisse, he met Marie-Hortense Fiquet, a bookbinder's assistant eleven years his junior — his future wife.
1870–1871
Franco-Prussian War: Life in L'Estaque
During the war he lived with Hortense Fiquet in the fishing village of L'Estaque near Marseille and evaded conscription; in January 1871 he was declared a deserter but managed to avoid capture.