The subject matter of this painting couldn’t be more traditional, but its formal characteristics make it modern. Paul Cézanne, Bathers (Les Grandes Baigneuses) by Dr. Steven Zucker and Dr. Beth Harris
Cezanne gets freaky with the conventions of landscape painting in this fuzzy image of a hot day. Paul Cézanne, The Red Rock by Dr. Steven Zucker and Dr. Beth Harris
Cézanne takes classical forms and makes them subservient to the canvas—paving the way for Matisse and Picasso. Paul Cézanne, The Large Bathers by Dr. Steven Zucker and Dr. Beth Harris
Reinterpreting a subject beloved by past artists like Caravaggio, Cézanne “adds a link” to the history of art. Paul Cézanne, The Card Players by Dr. Ben Harvey
Cézanne’s lifelong love affair with the landscape of Aix-en-Provence reaches its peak in his mountain images. Paul Cézanne, Mont Sainte-Victoire by Dr. Ben Harvey
A small brown smudge in the background of this awkward painting hints at Cézanne’s ingenuity. Paul Cézanne, Turning Road at Montgeroult by Dr. Steven Zucker and Dr. Beth Harris
All conventions of perspective are called into question in Cézanne’s meditation on the nature of experience. Paul Cézanne, Still Life with Plaster Cupid by Rachel Ropeik, Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. Steven Zucker
By the nineteenth century, the still life was an outmoded and undervalued subject—but Cezanne brought it back. Paul Cézanne, The Basket of Apples by Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. Steven Zucker
This bizarre, asymmetrical figure begs an important question: was Cezanne even a good painter? Paul Cézanne, The Bather by Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. Steven Zucker
Never quite at home with the Impressionists in Paris, Cezanne was a perpetual misfit with a unique vision. An introduction to the painting of Paul ... by Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. Steven Zucker