Art
1839–1906 · French
Post-Impressionism
Provençal painter who rebuilt Impressionism into something solid and structured, constructing form from blocks of colour. His geometric approach to still lifes, landscapes and bathers paved the way for Cubism and much of modern art.
The Card Players (series) (early 1890s)
Five versions: Musée d'Orsay, Courtauld Gallery, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Barnes Foundation, and a private collection (Qatar)
Provençal peasants absorbed in a game; one version was sold to Qatar for a record price
Image: Paul Cézanne · Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
The Basket of Apples (c. 1893)
Art Institute of Chicago
Still life with a tilting table and inconsistent viewpoints
Image: Paul Cézanne · Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Mont Sainte-Victoire (series) (c. 1882–1906)
Various, including the Courtauld Gallery, Philadelphia Museum of Art and Musée d'Orsay
The mountain near his home town, painted again and again
Image: Paul Cézanne · Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
The Large Bathers (1898–1905)
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Largest of his Bathers; nudes framed by arching trees
Image: Paul Cézanne · Public domain, Wikimedia Commons