This book gathers the commentary of people who knew the painter Paul Cezanne, especially in his later years. Now seen as one of the most influential of modern painters, in his 40s he returned to his village of Aix-en-Provence where, he worked in near obscurity and with great dedication until his death in 1906.

Portrait d'un « personnage singulier, timide et violent, émotif à un point extraordinaire », ému d'avoir serré la main de Rodin, émettant des opinions tranchées, tant sur ses contemporains que sur les artistes du passé.