News about Paul Cezanne

Around 125 firefighters swarmed the iconic building not long before midday on Saturday, battling the blaze as it tore through the roof of the art centre. It was announced in the hours that followed that the Courtauld Gallery, home priceless artwork, was 'unaffected' by the blaze. This meant pieces like Vincent Van Gogh's 1889 self-portrait showing him with a bandaged ear and and paintings by Claude Monet and Paul Cezanne were unscathed. And while the cause of the fire remains unknown, the Somerset House Trust revealed it would reopen the building this weekend.

The investigation into what started the devastating blaze at the capital's iconic Somerset House continues today as fire crews remain on site. Twenty fire engines and around 125 firefighters were deployed to the 250-year-old complex at 12pm yesterday. Smoke was seen pouring from the building as firefighters took to the roofs and raised themselves up to 32 metres in the air on cherry pickers and deployed drones to survey and tackle the flames. Today, the London Fire Bridge confirmed part of the third floor and the roof of the west wing of the building were damaged by fire.

Priceless artwork housed in the capital's iconic Somerset House emerged unscathed after a fiery blaze took hold on the roof earlier today, director confirms. London firefighters battled for hours to contain inferno which ripped through building's west wing shortly before 12pm today. Luckily, priceless artworks including a Van Gogh self-portrait as well as works by Edouard Manet, Claude Monet and Paul Cezanne stored in Courtauld Gallery were unharmed by the blaze, the trust claims.

The London Fire Brigade (LFB) said it sent 20 fire engines - including specialist height appliances - and 125 firefighters to the 250-year-old complex after a fire broke out shortly before 12pm. Images and videos shared on social media showed smoke pouring from the building as firefighters took to the roofs and raised themselves up to 32 metres in the air on cherry pickers and deployed drones to survey and tackle the flames. The fire took place in the west wing of the building - adjacent to the north wing, which is home to famous paintings including a Van Gogh self-portrait as well as works by Edouard Manet, Claude Monet and Paul Cezanne.

Michael Hodges discovers the sights and sounds of Cezanne on his tour, as well as stays at a luxurious spa-hotel set among vineyards and olive trees.

Martin Symington leads a Cezanne-themed walking trail in Aix-en-Provence, the artist's'sundrenched, easygoing' birthplace, ahead of his forthcoming retrospective of the artist's work at Tate Modern in London. It leads him to Atelier de Cezanne, his airy studio on Lauves Hill, which has been 'left pretty much as it was; canvasses and oils, baskets of ripe red apples, whiffs of linseed, and a paint-splattered ladder.' He also admires the view of Montagne Sainte-Victoire, the majestic mountain that appears in many of Cezanne's paintings. 'Lives and breathes Cezanne,' Aix-en-Provence says.

In one of the largest art auctions in history, late Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen's billion dollar art collection will go under the hammer this November. Christie's said in a tweet that the fabled auction house would sell more than 150'masterpieces' from Allen's foundation. The collection spans more than 500 years of art history, although the work's value is more than $1 billion. The auction is titled: 'Visionary: The Paul G. Allen Collection'.' Allen died in October 2018 at the age of 65, as a result of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, a rare form of cancer. He never married and had no children. Allen's net worth was estimated to be over $20 billion at the time of his death. Allen left the majority of his fortune to charity in 2010. This November, Christie's Rockefeller Center will host an auction. The correct date was not known.