1895	CŽzanne spends the first half of the year in Paris, the second half in Aix.
	November: The first retrospective exhibition of his work is held at Vollard’s gallery. Vollard persuades CŽzanne to lend 150 works.
	December: CŽzanne participates in the first exhibition organized by the SociŽtŽ des Amis des Arts in Aix.

1896	Early in year: CŽzanne meets Vollard for the first time.
	March or April: The relationship begins between CŽzanne and Joachim Gasquet, the son of his childhood friend, Henri Gasquet.
	Early June: CŽzanne has a month-long cure at Vichy.
	July: At the request of his wife and son, CŽzanne holidays at Talloires, on the shore of Lake Annecy.
	Two of his works from the Caillebotte Bequest are accepted by the Luxembourg Gallery.

1897	CŽzanne works at Mennecy (Essonne), then at Aix.
	June(?) to September: He rents a country house in Le Tholonet until the autumn, working in the open air on landscapes and the BibŽmus quarry.
	25 October: CŽzanne’s mother dies at Aix. The director of the Berlin National Gallery bought two of CŽzanne’s paintings from Durand-Ruel, only to have them banned by the Kaiser.

1898	CŽzanne spends the first half of the year at Aix and the second half in Paris.
	9 May to 10 June: Sixty of his paintings are exhibited at Vollard’s gallery.
	Summer(?): CŽzanne works at Montgeroult and Marines (Val d’Oise) near Paris.