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Joachim Gasquet
1873–1921
A French poet, writer, and art critic from Provence, he is remembered above all for the vivid conversations and recollections he preserved around Paul Cézanne and the artistic world of his time. His work brings late 19th- and early 20th-century French culture close in a warm, firsthand way.
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Cézanne
by Joachim Gasquet
About the author
Born in Aix-en-Provence on March 31, 1873, Joachim Gasquet was a French author, poet, and art critic. He moved in literary and artistic circles in Provence and Paris, and his writing reflects a strong connection to the cultural life of his era.
He is best known today for his writings about artists, especially Paul Cézanne, whom he knew personally. Gasquet's accounts helped shape how later readers understood Cézanne, not just as a painter but as a voice and presence within modern art.
Gasquet died in Paris on May 6, 1921. Though less widely read now than some of the artists he wrote about, he remains an important witness to the artistic life of his generation.