After Cézanne

2000 painting by Lucian Freud

After Cézanne, Lucian Freud, 1999–2000

After Cezanne is a large irregular shaped obtuse painting begun in 1999 and completed in 2000 by the British artist Lucian Freud. The top left section of this painting has been 'grafted' on to the main section below, and closer inspection reveals a horizontal line where these two sections were joined.[1]

The crease where the two parts of the painting were joined is visible as a faint horizontal line running through the woman just above the tray she is carrying.

The painting is one in a select group of canvases where Freud engages in a dialogue with past masters, this work being a variation on a theme of the work L'Après-midi à Naples ('Afternoon in Naples'; circa 1875) by the French Post-Impressionist painter Paul Cézanne.[2]

In 2001 the work was purchased by the National Gallery of Australia in Canberra, which also owns Cézanne's L'Après-midi à Naples,[3] for $7.4 million.[4][5]

## References

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1. ^ "Lucian Freud - After Cézanne". National Gallery of Australia. Archived from the original on 23 December 2022. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
2. ^ "Lucian Freud | After Cezanne". nga.gov.au. Archived from the original on 19 April 2021. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
3. ^ "International Paintings and Sculpture | l'Après-midi à Naples [Afternoon in Naples]". Archived from the original on 25 April 2021. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
4. ^ ""AFTER CEZANNE" (review)". www.abc.net.au.[permanent dead link]
5. ^ "Lucian Freud 1922 - 2011". 31 July 2011.

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Lucian Freud

Paintings|

* Portrait of Kitty (1948–49)
* Head on a Green Sofa (1960–61)
* Naked Child Laughing (1963)
* Benefits Supervisor Sleeping (1995)
* After Cézanne (2000)
* The Brigadier (2004)

Family|

* Kitty Garman (1st wife)
* Lady Caroline Blackwood (2nd wife)
* Annie Freud (daughter)
* Jane McAdam Freud (daughter)
* Paul Freud (son)
* Bella Freud (daughter)
* Esther Freud (daughter)
* Susie Boyt (daughter)
* Ernst L. Freud (father)
* Clement Freud (brother)
* Sigmund Freud (grandfather)
* Martha Bernays (grandmother)

Related|

* Leigh Bowery (model)
* Sue Tilley (model)
* Portrait of George Dyer and Lucian Freud (1967 painting)
* Three Studies of Lucian Freud (1969 painting)

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