Paul Alexis Reading to Zola
by CÉZANNE, Paul, Oil on canvas, 52 x 56 cm
The painting, built up using effective light-dark and red-green contrasts, shows C�zanne’s friend from his youth, �mile Zola, author of the Les Rougon-Macquart. The other figure is Zola’s secretary Paul Alexis, a journalist, writer and friend of C�zanne from his time in Aix.