Biographical Outline

1839	19 January: Paul CŽzanne is born at Aix-en-Provence. The son of Louis-Auguste CŽzanne, dealer in and exporter of, hats and a banker, aged forty, and of Anne Elizabeth Honorine Aubert, aged twenty-four. Paul is born out of wedlock but is acknowledged by his father.

1841	4 July: Marie CŽzanne, the couple’s second child, is born.

1844	29 January: The parents marry in Aix-en-Provence, thus making the children legitimate.

1848	1 June: Banque CŽzanne & Cabassol opens at 24 rue des Cordeliers, Aix-en-Provence; it moves to 13 rue Boulegon in 1856.

1850	Paul begins two years’ attendance at ƒcole Saint-Joseph after having attended the local school.

1852	Paul starts to attend secondary school as a boarder at the Collge Bourbon (now the LycŽe Mignet) with ƒmile Zola, Jean-Baptistin Baille and Louis Marguery. They are known as the ‘Inseparables’.

1854	1 June: Rose Honorine CŽzanne, a second sister, is born at Aix-en-Provence.

1857	(or 1858) Paul enrolls at the free School of Drawing in the PrieurŽ de Malte (the same place as the museum) in Aix-en-Provence.