Major Cezanne expo to leave an impression in London

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LONDON (AFP) — Britain's biggest single collection of paintings by the French artist Paul Cezanne is to go on display in its entirety for the first time from Thursday at London's Courtauld Gallery.

"The Courtauld Cezannes" runs until October 5, allowing visitors to see many works that are not on permanent display, alongside handwritten notes in which he reflects on the nature of his art to a friend, Emile Bernard.

The exhibition is the culmination of the Courtauld Institute of Art's 75th anniversary celebrations. The institute, set up by industrialist Samuel Courtauld, was Britain's first dedicated to the study of art history.

"Cezanne is the artist at the heart of our collection and of Samuel Courtauld's great project to assemble a collection of modern...