On Janurary 19, 1839, Paul Cezanne was born in Aix-en-Provence to a weathy banker and his mistress. Aix-en-Provence, where Cezanne would grow up was full of tree-lined roads chalked with rustic, decaying mansions. At the ripe age of 10, Cezanne joined a half-boarding school where he learned not reading and writing, but drawing (supposedly from a Spanish monk)(Mack 13).

In 1852, Cezanne, now 13 years old, enrolled in the Collége Bourbon. The Collége Bourbon was the type of place that you could find all of the rich parents kids. Cezanne stayed there for six years, earning many awards in mathematics, latin, and greek. He only received one award for art in his six years at the institution. Unfourtunatly, none of Cezanne's art from the institution survived. While at the Collége Bourbon, Cezanne became good friends with fellow student Emile Zola, who would later become a famous novelist (15-16).

In 1906, Cezanne was caught in a rain storm while walking home. He tried to get inside, but collapsed. Someone found him and brought him inside but it was too late. Pneumonia had already set in. One week later, at 67 years old, Cezanne was dead (Ventri 167).

Between 1874 and 1877, Cezanne moved from Paris, to L'Estaque to France, painting along the way. But in 1878, Cezanne's father found out about his secret wife and son. Enfuriated, Cezanne's father reduced his allowence greatly. This made it hard for Cezanne to make ends meet (165).

58, Cezanne and Zola went their seperate ways; Cezanne back to Aix, and Zola to Paris. They, however, always stayed in contact wth each other (24).

Cezanne's father never wanted him to pursue painting, fearing that he would end up in the poor and alone. In 1861, his father finally let him attend an art school in Paris, the Academie Suisse (Venturi 163). He even supplied the allowance of money for living in Paris. However, September rolled around and Cezanne failed his entrance exam to the Ecole des Beaux-Arts and returned home in a fit of depression and discouragement (Mack 17).

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