1839-1906
Paul Cézanne
With his radical, constructive way of painting, Cézanne holds a key position in the history of art. His work, in every way epoch-making and modernist, has inspired many artists in the 20th century.
Motifs: Still lifes, portraits, figure compositions and landscapes. A crucial element in his oeuvre is repetitions of selected motifs like the mountain Mont Sainte-Victoire near Aix-en-Provence, bathing figures and still lifes of apples and pears.
Paul Cézanne
Women Bathing
C. 1895
Oil on canvas
47 x 77 cm
Oil on canvas
47 x 77 cm
C. 1895
The picture is one of Cézanne’s typical paintings of bathers. A characteristic feature is the experimental painting method with the many precisely emphasized small strokes lying parallel to one another. Cézanne did not use living models, but existing pictures, as inspiration for his figures. Unlike other paintings showing nude women, there is no desire at play here, neither among the figures themselves nor in relation to the spectator, just as any tendency towards narrative is avoided.
The picture does not show us a particular situation or moment, as an Impressionist picture would; instead it varies a theme that for Cézanne had a timeless character. The result is a classical picture created on modern terms.
PRINTS
Paul Cézanne
Guillaumin with a Hanged Man
1873
Etching
151 x 120 mm
Second state of three
Example/issue: not known
Oil on canvas
47 x 77 cm
C. 1895
Paul Cézanne
Farm Entrance, Rue Rémy
1873
Etching
133 x 109 mm
Unique state
Example/issue: 285/600
Oil on canvas
47 x 77 cm
C. 1895
Paul Cézanne
Head of a Young Girl
1873
Etching
130 x 106 mm
Third state of three
Example/issue: 633/1000
Oil on canvas
47 x 77 cm
C. 1895