Tag: Cézanne

La maison du docteur Gachet à Auvers (c.1873)

Cézanne, Paul (1839-1906) La maison du docteur Gachet à Auvers (The House of Doctor Gachet in Auvers) c.1873 Oil on canvas, 46 x 38 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris The house of Doctor Gachet in Auvers. See also: • Auvers-sur-Oise (France) | Gachet, Paul (1828-1909)

Montagne Sainte-Victoire au grand pin (c.1887)

Cézanne, Paul (1839-1906) Montagne Sainte-Victoire au grand pin (Montagne Sainte-Victoire with Large Pine) c.1887 Oil on canvas, 66.8 x 92.3 cm Courtauld Institute of Art, London The Montagne Sainte-Victoire, with its distinctive craggy, broken top, dominates the countryside surrounding Paul Cézanne’s…

Portrait de Madame Cézanne (1888-1890)

Cézanne, Paul (1839-1906) Portrait de Madame Cézanne (Portrait of Madame Cézanne) 1888–1890 Oil on canvas, 92.7 x 73 cm Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia Marie-Hortense Fiquet posed frequently for her husband, Paul Cézanne. The two met in Paris in 1869, when Fiquet was…

Léda au cygne (c.1880)

Cézanne, Paul (1839-1906) Léda au cygne (Leda and the Swan) c.1880 (possibly later) Oil on canvas, 59.7 x 74.9 cm Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia This picture is unusual in Cézanne‘s oeuvre for its specific literary subject matter. It represents the story from Ovid‘s…

Madame Cézanne au fauteuil jaune (1888-1890)

Cézanne, Paul (1839-1906) Madame Cézanne au fauteuil jaune (Madame Cézanne in a Yellow Chair) 1888–1890 Oil on canvas, 80.9 × 64.9 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago This portrait is one in a series of four Paul Cézanne made of his…

La baie de Marseille, vue de l’Estaque (c.1885)

Cézanne, Paul (1839-1906) La baie de Marseille, vue de l’Estaque (The Bay of Marseille, Seen from L’Estaque) c.1885 Oil on canvas, 80.2 × 100.6 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago In a letter to his friend and teacher Camille Pissarro, Paul…

Le panier de pommes (c.1893)

Cézanne, Paul (1839-1906) Le panier de pommes (The Basket of Apples) c.1893 Oil on canvas, 65 × 80 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Art, Paul Cézanne once claimed, is “a harmony running parallel to nature,” not an imitation of nature.…