Paul cezanne famous paintings

Widely recognized today as the ‘Father of Modern Art,’ French post-impressionist painter Paul Cezanne made some of the most monumental artworks of the late 19th and early 20th century.

He took the fresh, en plein air vibrancy of Impressionism in a bold new direction, exploring how real-life objects and places could be deconstructed into faceted, structural planes.

Paul cezanne famous paintings

But perhaps most radical was his exploration into multiple perspective within a single image, opening up questions about the nature of perception, which went on to shape the Cubist art of Georges Braque and Pablo Picasso. Below, we take a look through Cezanne’s most ground-breaking paintings, many of which were made towards the latter part of his career.

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The Gulf of Marseille Seen from L’Estaque, 1885

From the 1870s onwards, Cezanne made at least 20 paintings in the French fishing village of L’Estaque. They mark a pivotal moment in his life, when he moved