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Paul Cézanne (1839-1906) was the distinguished  French artist of the Post-Impressionist era, appreciated toward the end of his life for his brush strokes and sculptural effect in his paintings.

He was also known as the "Master of Aix" after his ancestral home in the South of France. His influence on Tal Coat (1905–1985) may have come from the period when Coat lived in Aix (1940 to 1956).

Cézanne is credited for paving the way to the emergence of 20th Century  modernism, visually and conceptually. In really looking at his work during my short visit to this exhibition, it constitutes a powerful and well founded link between the aspects of Impressionism and other  artistic movements like Fauvism, Cubism, Expressionism, and even complete abstraction. I have never really been attracted to Cézanne and yet during my short visit, I decided that I should take a closer look at his work in the future.

Bethsabée (around 1885-90)

Provencal Landscape (1900-04)

Naked Woman in front of a Miror (1872-77)

Zola's portrait (1862-64)

Sainte-Victoire Mountain seen from the Louves pathway (around 1906)

Twisting Road close to Aix - 1900-06

Académie d'Homme nu - 1862

Chateau Noir Rock Formation (1895-98)

Self Portraint ( 1878-98)

Chateau Noirseen from the Tholonet Roadway (1900-1904)

Sorry but for these two paintings, I did not photograph the titles.





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