# The Artist's Father, Reading "L'Événement"

By [Paul Cézanne](<https://art.jpamorgan.com/artists/paul-cezanne.md>), 1866.

## Details

- Medium: oil on canvas
- Dimensions: overall: 198.5 x 119.3 cm (78 1/8 x 46 15/16 in.) framed: 224.2 x 144.8 x 10.1 cm (88 1/4 x 57 x 4 in.)
- Collection: [National Gallery of Art](<https://art.jpamorgan.com/galleries/gallery-8dd66d7195da9018.md>)

[View collection record](<https://www.nga.gov/artworks/52085-artists-father-reading-levenement>)

- Categories: Painting
- Styles: [Post-Impressionism](<https://art.jpamorgan.com/styles/post-impressionism.md>)

## Image

![A man sitting in a tall, upholstered armchair reads a newspaper in this vertical portrait painting.](<https://api.art.jpamorgan.com/artifacts/source-8dd66d7195da9018-288493e34858f4e6/full.jpg?v=6f7d450c447cfc3055aae7e8be3581078162484b26b3426d31201ff32104e367>)

## Sources & credits

- Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington. Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, 1970.5.1. CC0 Open Access.
- Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon
- Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington

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