UMphathiswa wezoKhenketho, iNkcubeko, uBugcisa, iGaeltacht, iMidlalo kunye neMedia, uCatherine Martin TD, kunye noGqr Caroline Campbell, umlawuli weNational Gallery yaseIreland (NGI), namhlanje baveze umzobo wokuqala wase-Ireland wase-Cézanne (iNational Gallery inomzobo we igcisa, elifunyenwe ngo-1954). Umzobo, La Vie des Champs, yadalwa phakathi kwe-1876 kunye ne-1877 ekubuyeni komzobi eProvence, kumazantsi eFransi, esuka eParis.
Ukuguqulela "kuBomi emasimini", umzobo weoyile ubonisa umfanekiso ocingelwayo, omangalisayo ophefumlelwe ubomi belizwe leProvence yaseCézanne. Umzobo, owenziwe xa uCézanne ebuyela kwi-Impressionism, unika ifestile kwinguquko yomsebenzi womzobi ngokuqesha kwakhe ipalethi yombala okhanyayo kunye nemivimbo yebrashi echukumisayo eluphawu lwemisebenzi yakhe yamva, edume ngakumbi.
UGqr Campbell uthe: “Lo mzobo ka-Paul Cézanne, owenziwa ngexesha lokutshintsha komsebenzi wakhe, ngumsebenzi obaluleke kakhulu kwihlabathi. Igalari yeSizwe yaseIreland inombulelo ongazenzisiyo kuRhulumente waseIreland ngokuqaphela ukubaluleka kwalo mzobo kwingqokelela yesizwe kunye nokuxhasa ukufunyanwa. Ukuthengwa kwakungeke kwenzeke ngaphandle kwesi sibophelelo, kunye nenkxaso yesisa kakhulu yomhlobo omkhulu kunye nomxhasi weGalari onqwenela ukuhlala engaziwa. Izipho zePhilanthropic ezifana nezi zixhasa ikamva leNational Gallery yaseIreland, kunye nokukhula kwengqokelela yethu yesizwe. Umsebenzi kaCézanne unomtsalane ngakumbi kwamanye amagcisa, kwaye ndiyathemba ukuba oku kufunyanwa kuya kunceda ukukhuthaza ubuchule eIreland, kunye nobubele. ”
Lo mzobo ufunyenwe ngesivumelwano sesithathu phakathi kweSebe lezobuGcisa, i-NGI, kunye nomnikezeli wabucala okhankanywe ngasentla, ongaziwa.
UMphathiswa uMartin kunye noGqr Campbell babuzwa ngeendleko zokufunyanwa kodwa bachaza ubumfihlo bomnikeli kunye "novakalelo lwezorhwebo" njengezizathu zokungabhengezwa.
“Lo mzobo unemvelaphi enomdla kwaye ejikajikayo,” utshilo uMphathiswa uMartin, “ubunini bawo buye banqumla iAtlantiki amatyeli aliqela. Kufanelekile ukuba ngoku igqibe uhambo lwayo eludongeni lwegalari yoluntu ukuze ibonwe ngumntu wonke.”
Lo mzobo wafunyanwa kumthengisi wezobugcisa wabucala u-Agnew's, eLondon, ngo-2022. Ithamsanqa leSobho likaCampbell, uDorrance "Dodo" H. Hamilton.
Ngaphambili yayingowakwaCézanne umthengisi wobugcisa owaziwayo waseParis, uAmbroise Vollard (1866-1939), oku kuphawula umboniso wokuqala kawonke-wonke. La Vie des Champs ukususela ngo-1996, xa iboniswe kumboniso wokhenketho kwi-Museum yasePhiladelphia ye-Art.
“Ndinqwenela ukuncoma umsebenzi weNational Gallery ekuqinisekiseni lo mzobo umangalisayo weNgqokelela yethu yeSizwe,” utshilo uMphathiswa uMartin. “La Vie des Champs lulongezo olumangalisayo kwiGalari yeSizwe kwaye ngoku iza kuboniswa simahla ukuze wonke ubani ayonwabele. Ukufunyanwa kwakhona kugxininisa indima ebalulekileyo yesisa kwiGalari yeSizwe kwaye sinethemba lokuba iya kukhuthaza eminye iminikelo kumaZiko eNkcubeko eSizwe. Ndingathanda ukudlulisa umbulelo wam ongazenzisiyo kuSean Rainbird, owayesakuba nguMlawuli weGalari, ngendima ebalulekileyo ayidlalileyo ekuqinisekiseni lo msebenzi ubalulekileyo.”
Kuyathenjwa yi-NGI kunye neSebe ukuba ukufunyanwa kuya kunceda kwiGalari ukuchacha kutshixo lwe-Covid, kwaye isebenze njengesibane sokuyila kunye nokubonakalisa eIreland. Umzobo uboniswa kwi-National Gallery's Millennium Wing, Rooms 1-5, njengenxalenye yengqokelela yelizwe kwaye ivuliwe, simahla, kuluntu.
