Cézanne and Beyond

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“The Smoker,” 1890-92, by Cézanne.

Karen Rosenberg writes:

Cézanne is the great patriarch of 20th-century art. The statement “Cézanne is the father of us all” has been attributed to Picasso and to Matisse.

“Cézanne and Beyond,” at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, refines that lineage for the 21st century.

State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg

Cézanne and Beyond

A show at the Philadelphia Museum of Art intersperses the works of 18 modern and contemporary artists among works by the prolific master.