Paul Cezanne

About the Artist

Paul Cézanne was born in France in 1839 and died in 1906; he was a Post-Impressionist painter active in France. He is regarded as a figure who created his own pictorial language at the midpoint between Impressionism and Cubism. Cézanne's body of work is notable for reinterpreting traditional perspective and compositional methods while emphasizing the structure and form of objects. He created complex visual compositions through planes of color and brushwork, seeking new modes of expression based on the color principles of Impressionism. One of his masterpieces is the mural at the Jas de Bouffan country house, which shows the influence of Romanticism and Realism in his early works. Cézanne's work was initially criticized, but gradually gained recognition through the support of Camille Pissarro and Ambroise Vollard, and later had a great influence on artists such as Matisse and Picasso.