November 21, 2008

Cézanne to Van Gogh: The Gachet Collection

Paul Ferdinand Gachet was the doctor who cared for Van Gogh during the last 70 days of the painter’s life, but Cézanne, Pissaro, Monet and Guillaumin were also welcome guests of the medic, and they similarly exchanged their paintings for advice, allowing Gachet to slowly build up an impressive collection of Impressionist and post-Impressionist works. [...]