Posted on January 17, 2022 by Jo Wing -
Art critic John Berger says the region in which an artist passes their formative years plays an important role in the constitution of his or her vision. This was certainly the case for both the painter Paul Cézanne and the writer Émile Zola. In their schooldays they formed a brilliant alliance and their ‘debauches of… Read more »
Posted on January 17, 2022 by Jo Wing -
Paul Cézanne (1839-1906) was a Post-Impressionist painter often recognised as the father of Modern Art and the bridge between the Impressionists and the Cubists.
Posted on October 12, 2020 by Jo Wing -
Françoise Sagan (1935-2004) was a French playwright, novelist, and screenwriter. Her first novel – Bonjour Tristesse – was written when she was a teenager.
