“The poet apostles of Cézanne,” by Harry Cluff

“The poet apostles of Cézanne,” by Harry Cluff

When he was asked how Paul Cézanne influenced his work, Picasso declared: “He is the father of us all, a sort of God of painting.” This admiration was shared by Picasso’s coeval Cubist-in-arms, Georges Braque, and by the founding father of Fauvism, Henri Matisse, as well as by many other artists who came to prominence after Cézanne’s death in 1906. Cézanne’s contemporaries likewise appreciated his massive talent. Long before he received public a…