"Don't you think your Corot is a little short on temperament? I'm painting a portrait of Vallabreque; the highlight on the nose is pure vermilion."

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PrintmakersPeople from ParisPainters from France
Original Language: English

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Paul Cezanne's quote to the painter Guilemet, ca. 1860, as quoted in Cézanne, by Ambroise Vollard, Dover publications Inc. New York, 1984, p. 28