Fino al primo luglio, la National Gallery of Art di Washington fa da cornice a "Cézanne Portraits", la prima rassegna incentrata sulla produzione ritrattistica del Maestro francese. Autore di circa 200 ritratti, 26 dei quali lo immortalano in prima persona, Cézanne seppe restituire lo spessore psicologico dei protagonisti delle sue opere, grazie a scelte e tecniche pittoriche in continua evoluzione. Lo testimoniano i 60 lavori esposti, che ripercorrono cronologicamente e stilisticamente la poetica di Cézanne.
Paul Cézanne, Victor Chocquet, 1877, Columbus Museum of Art, Ohio: Museum Purchase, Howald Fund 1950.024
Paul Cézanne, Self-Portrait with Bowler Hat, 1885–1886, Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen. Photograph: Ole Haupt
Paul Cézanne, Uncle Dominique in Smock and Blue Cap, 1866, Lent by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Wolfe Fund, 1951; acquired from The Museum of Modern Art, Lillie P. Bliss Collection (53.140.1)
Paul Cézanne, Man with Pipe, c. 1896, The Samuel Courtauld Trust, The Courtauld Gallery, London
Paul Cézanne, The Artist’s Father, Reading “L’Événement”, 1866, National Gallery of Art, Washington, Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon
Paul Cézanne, Boy in a Red Waistcoat, 1888–1890, National Gallery of Art, Washington, Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art
Paul Cézanne, Madame Cézanne in a Striped Dress, 1890–1892, Philadelphia Museum of Art: The Henry P. McIlhenny Collection in memory of Frances P. McIlhenny, 1986
