Zola's "Creation" Synopsis and Impression - The birth pains and madness of a genius painter! If you want to know about Impressionism, this is the book to read!
This story is also Zola's autobiographical novel. The relationship between the protagonist, the painter Claude, and his close friend, the novelist Sandoz, is reminiscent of the relationship between the impressionist painter Cézanne and Zola.
Cézanne is the master of Impressionism. Zola and Cézanne had been schoolmates since Zola was 15 years old, and they remained in close contact with each other even after moving to Paris. Zola wrote many art criticisms for the development of Impressionism, and Zola himself learned a lot from the genius of Cézanne. In a sense, the two were allies in opening up the art world.
It is a great book to know the birth pains of an artist!