Берега Марны

March 1886

Zola's Novel "The Masterpiece" and the Crisis of a Friendship

Zola published "The Masterpiece" (L'Œuvre), a novel about a failed painter, Claude Lantier, in whom Cézanne recognized himself. It was long believed that the friendship ended forever, but a rediscovered letter of 1887 shows that relations continued for some time.

28 avril 1886

Married: Marie-Hortense Fiquet

28 April 1886

Marriage to Hortense Fiquet

He married Hortense Fiquet in Aix in the presence of his parents. The marriage was concluded not out of love but to secure the rights of their fourteen-year-old son Paul as a legitimate heir.

October 1886

Death of His Father and Inheritance

After the death of Louis-Auguste, Cézanne, together with his mother and sisters, inherited his fortune, including the Jas de Bouffan; the artist's financial situation eased considerably ("he left me an income of 25,000 francs").

1888–1890 · Résidence

quai d'Anjou

November 1895

First Solo Exhibition at Vollard's

Ambroise Vollard opened Cézanne's first solo exhibition at his Paris gallery, showing 50 of the roughly 150 works submitted. The exhibition brought his art to a wide public; prices for his works rose a hundredfold.