Macquart branch
Claude Lantier
Painter
Son of Gervaise, brother of Étienne and Jacques. The tormented genius painter who pursues an impossible masterpiece, sacrificing his marriage, his child's life, and finally his own sanity to his art. A barely veiled portrait of Paul Cézanne — and of the Impressionist generation's struggles. He ends by hanging himself before his unfinished canvas.
Fils de Gervaise, peintre génial et torturé qui poursuit un chef-d'œuvre impossible. Portrait voilé de Cézanne.
Unkempt, large-handed, with burning eyes and paint-stained clothes — an unmistakable figure of the consumed, bohemian artist.
Unkempt, large-handed, with burning eyes and paint-stained clothes — an unmistakable figure of the consumed, bohemian artist.
Family & Relationships
- Child Gervaise Macquart
- Child Auguste Lantier
- Sibling Nana
- Sibling Étienne Lantier
- Sibling Jacques Lantier