Alex Danchev, who died as he was finishing this biography, was the author of Georges Braque and Cezanne: A Life, as well as a new translation of The Letters of Paul Cezanne. He was a professor of International Relations at the University of St Andrews, where his archive resides. Sarah Whitfield is an art historian. She is the coeditor of Rene Magritte: Catalogue Raisonne, and she serves on the Rene Magritte authentication committee.
'Diligent and insightful ... Danchev proved an indefatigable researcher, and Sarah Whitfield does full justice to his labours' - Tim Adams 'A virtuosic portrait of a star surrealist ... surely the definitive full-length biography ... immaculately researched, deeply felt' - Kathryn Hughes 'The first significant biography of the artist' - Michael Prodger, 'Best art books of 2021' 'Insightful and broad-reaching' - Alexander C. Kafka 'Offers enthralling insight into the man behind the easel' - Susan Swarbrick and Teddy Jamieson, 'The 50 best books to give this Christmas'