After Cezanne is a large, irregular shaped, obtuse painting done in oils on canvas, begun in 1999 and completed in 2000 by the British artist Lucian Freud. The top left section of this painting has been 'grafted' on to the main section below, and closer inspection reveals a horizontal line where these two sections were joined.
The painting is one in a select group of canvases where Freud engages in a dialogue with past masters, this work being a variation on a theme of the work L'Après-midi à Naples (; circa 1875) by the French Post-Impressionist painter Paul Cézanne.
In 2001 the work was purchased by the National Gallery of Australia in Canberra, which also owns Cézanne's L'Après-midi à Naples, for $7.4 million. The decision was somewhat controversial at the time, but this perception changed in 2008, when Freud's painting Benefits Supervisor Sleeping sold for "just under [...] $35 million."
See also
2000 in art
References
External links Review of the painting by Adrian Searle in The Guardian Analysis by Kelly Richman-Abdou Paintings people complain about: Lucian Freud – podcast about the painting Article about the purchase of the painting by the NGA