Zola and the famous French painter Paul Cézanne were close friends from childhood to youth. Zola worked in writing and Cézanne painted. Later, Zola became a well-known French writer, but Cezanne was frustrated throughout his life. Zola's novel "Masterpiece" based on Cézanne records Cézanne's failure and despair, and finally commits suicide in front of his unsuccessful painting. This deeply hurt Cézanne, and the two broke off their friendship and never met until death. A novel ruined the half-life friendship between two masters of art, leaving us with all the compassion after reading it. …………………… If you have a friend who is a writer, or a friend who may become a writer, you have to be careful, he is very likely to write you in his novels. Zola wrote a novel based on his friend Cézanne. In this novel, he proved Cézanne's failure and hopelessness with a documentary approach, and deeply hurt Cézanne, so that the two broke off their friendship. I didn't meet until death. Some people say that Zola's move is really necessary for the author's creation. A writer should not let go of any good materials. Cezanne's artistic career is full of temptations for Zola;
Some people say that Zola does not like Cézanne's style of painting, and to denigrate Cézanne is to insist on his own artistic aesthetic; (As for this point, it is estimated to be true, Cézanne once joked that I love Zola and he loves Manet)
Some people say that Zola and Cézanne parted ways because Zola's wife was a former model of Cézanne's painting. The experience of his wife being painted by former friends is a humiliation that he can't let go of... …
In 1902, Zola died of gas poisoning. Cezanne wept bitterly after hearing it. He also resolved the grievances in his heart for many years.
In 1906, Cézanne caught an illness and died when he was exposed to the rain while sketching outdoors. By this time, he was already a master of impressionist painting. Zola's "Masterpiece", along with the famous works "Nana", "Little Hotel" and other 20 works belong to Zolado volume of the long-length masterpiece "Lugon Makar Family" (1871-1893), just like the museum in Sao Paulo, Brazil That piece of "Zola and Cezanne" by Cezanne. The "Masterpiece" is rarely mentioned in Zola's works. There has been no Chinese translation for more than 100 years. However, Zola wrote Cezanne's words. After all, his fate is better than the portrait of Zola by Cézanne painted by Zola. After the neglected "masterpiece" was first published in France in 1886, the first Chinese translation in China was finally presented for the first time!
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