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Lecture:Paul Cezanne:Father of Modern Paintingw/William PerthesThursday, October 156:00pm - 7:30pm

Paul Cézanne: Father of Modern Painting No single artist has been as influential on the development of modern painting as Paul Cézanne. Although not a naturally gifted artist, Cézanne worked to hone a uniquely personal form that was boldly dynamic and visually innovative. In this talk we’ll track Cézanne’s development from his early struggles to his confident, mature work, along the way encountering the artists who befriended, tutored, and challenged his progress.

Paul Cézanne, Mont Sainte-Victoire (La Montagne Sainte-Victoire), 1892–1895, oil on canvas, The Barnes Foundation
Bill Perthes is an educator, author, and curator whose background is in philosophy and art history. He was recently appointed the inaugural Curator of Community Vitality at the Barnes Foundation where he has taught for more than 25 years. Bill's work focuses on how experiences with works of art, both short and long term, can impact and inform fields as varied as business, medicine, law enforcement, and restorative justice. He is the author of “The Barnes Method” included in the publication The Barnes: Then and Now. Bill is the curator of Faces of Resilience, a traveling exhibition of original works of art created by currently and formerly incarcerated artists at the State Correctional Institution Phoenix. Bill’s scholarship has focused on American Modernism with a special concentration on the Abstract Expressionist painter Robert Motherwell. He is the former Director of Education for the Violette de Mazia Foundation.

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William Perthes