Rocks, L'Estaque

Because Paul Cézanne was virtually self-taught, his early work evinces a less predictable path of development than that of artists schooled in the academic tradition. An extreme individualist, ever fearful of coming under the influence of others, he doggedly looked and learned on his own. From 1864 to 1870, Cézanne continually moved between Paris and his native Aix-en-Provence. While in Paris he e…