works to the SalonΓÇÖs selection committee became something of a standing joke. An article in Le Rappel in 1874 noted: ΓÇÿNo Salon jury would ever even dream of accepting a single work by this painter, who brings his canvases, carrying them on his back like Jesus carrying his cross.ΓÇÖ The barriers between C┼╜zanne and the art establishment that arose in these tumultuous times were never completely dismantled in his lifetime.
