Cézanne and America: Dealers, Collectors, Artists, and Critics, 1891-1921

The classic work by internationally acclaimed Cézanne scholar John Rewald

In Cézanne and America, John Rewald presents a full account of how Paul Cézannes reputation and influence became established in America between 1891 and 1921, and of how some of the worlds largest collections of his works were formed in the United States. This is the fascinating story of enthusiastic young American artists who took up Cézannes cause after they discovered him in Paris. It is also the story of the discerning early American collectors of his workLeo and Gertrude Stein, the Havemeyers, and John Quinn, among othersmany of whom made their first purchases from Cézannes wily dealer Ambroise Vollard in Paris, or from the dealer Alfred Stieglitz in New York, and of the beginning of the famous collection of Dr. Albert C. Barnes. Each chapter is illustrated not only with Cézannes works but also with portraits of collectors and critics and with previously unpublished pages from diaries, dealers ledgers, and Cézannes own correspondence.