Viewing The EY Exhibition: Cézanne

Landing at Tate Modern this autumn is a once-in-a-lifetime exhibition of paintings, watercolours and drawings by the great 19th-century French master Paul Cézanne.

Presented in collaboration with the Art Institute of Chicago in the Eyal Ofer Galleries, which has been the headquarters of major exhibitions of world-renowned artists such as Auguste Rodin, Pablo Picasso and Sonia Delaunay, the exhibition unites 80 carefully selected works of art from Europe, Asia, and North and South America, with many making the UK debut for the occasion.

Charting Cézanne’s artistic evolution from his earliest paintings in the 1860s to those completed in his final months, the exhibition will spotlight relationships and highlight important themes that were integral in his artistic practise. More importantly, the exhibition seeks to understand the artist in his own context as a painter who proudly explored his Mediterranean roots, yet keenly fought to make it in the French metropolitan capital.

Revealing friendships with the Impressionists, his dramatic rejection of the modern art establishment in Paris, and the relentless pursuit of his own artistic style, the exhibition is sure to be the highlight of this year’s autumn art season.