Paul Cézanne

January 19, 1839 - October 22, 1906

Paul Cézanne was a French artist and Post-Impressionist painter whose work laid the foundations of the transition from the Nineteenth Century conception of artistic endeavor to a new and radically different world of art in the Twentieth Century. Cézanne’s often repetitive, exploratory brushstrokes are highly characteristic and clearly recognizable. He used planes of color and small brushstrokes to form complex fields. The paintings convey Cézanne’s intense study of his subjects.

Cézanne is said to have formed the bridge between late-Nineteenth Century Impressionism and the early-Twentieth Century’s new line of artistic enquiry, Cubism. Both Matisse and Picasso are said to have remarked Cézanne ‘is the father of us all.”

The Lane of Chestnut Trees at the Jas de Bouffan ; c. 1871

Tulips In a Vase ; 1982

The Smoker ; 1890