Dr. Paul Gachet, who lived in Auvers-sur-Oise near Paris, was a patron of the arts who purchased works by the likes of Paul Cézanne, Camille Pissarro, and Vincent Van Gogh. Gachet owned a print press and created prints himself, encouraging the artists to do the same. Cézanne accepted his invitation and made five etchings in 1873. This is one of them. The man with his arms crossed and one knee raised, looking at the viewer, is Armand Guillaumin, an artist and close friend of Cézanne. The figure hanging by the neck in the upper left corner is a reference to Cézanne's oil painting The Hanged Man’s House, Auvers-sur-Oise (Musée d'Orsay), painted in the same year, and is thought to serve as a signature. (KATADA Yuko)
Dr. Paul Gachet, who lived in Auvers-sur-Oise near Paris, was a patron of the arts who purchased works by the likes of Paul Cézanne, Camille Pissarro, and Vincent Van Gogh. Gachet owned a print press and created prints himself, encouraging the artists to do the same. Cézanne accepted his invitation and made five etchings in 1873. This is one of them. The man with his arms crossed and one knee raised, looking at the viewer, is Armand Guillaumin, an artist and close friend of Cézanne. The figure hanging by the neck in the upper left corner is a reference to Cézanne's oil painting The Hanged Man’s House, Auvers-sur-Oise (Musée d'Orsay), painted in the same year, and is thought to serve as a signature.
(KATADA Yuko)