# Paul Cézanne

French, 1839–1906; born in Aix-en-Provence; died in Aix-en-Provence

Cézanne divided his life between Paris and his native Aix-en-Provence. Encouraged by his schoolfriend Émile Zola and later by Pissarro, with whom he painted at Pontoise and Auvers in the 1870s, he showed at the first and third Impressionist exhibitions. He then withdrew to Provence and worked towards a more structured art, building form from patches of colour in still lifes, bathers and repeated views of Mont Sainte-Victoire. Younger painters, Picasso and Braque among them, saw him as a founder of modern painting.

_Written by Ochre Editions._

13 works in the collection.

- [Auvers, Panoramic View](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/auvers-panoramic-view-aic-14556), Paul Cézanne, 1873–75. Courtesy of Art Institute of Chicago.
- [The Vase of Tulips](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/the-vase-of-tulips-aic-14561), Paul Cézanne, c. 1890. Courtesy of Art Institute of Chicago.
- [The Bay of Marseille, Seen from L'Estaque](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/the-bay-of-marseille-seen-from-l-estaque-aic-16487), Paul Cézanne, c. 1885. Courtesy of Art Institute of Chicago.
- [Madame Cezanne in a Yellow Chair](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/madame-cezanne-in-a-yellow-chair-aic-62371), Paul Cézanne, 1888–90. Courtesy of Art Institute of Chicago.
- [The Basket of Apples](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/the-basket-of-apples-aic-111436), Paul Cézanne, c. 1893. Courtesy of Art Institute of Chicago.
- [Mount Sainte-Victoire](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/mount-sainte-victoire-cma-135185), Paul Cézanne, c. 1904. Courtesy of Cleveland Museum of Art.
- [The Card Players](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/the-card-players-met-435868), Paul Cézanne, 1890–92. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
- [Madame Cézanne (Hortense Fiquet, 1850–1922) in a Red Dress](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/madame-cezanne-hortense-fiquet-1850-1922-in-a-red-dress-met-435876), Paul Cézanne, 1888–90. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
- [Still Life with Apples and a Pot of Primroses](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/still-life-with-apples-and-a-pot-of-primroses-met-435882), Paul Cézanne, ca. 1890. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
- [Bathers](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/bathers-aic-13562), Paul Cézanne, 1890–1900. Courtesy of Art Institute of Chicago.
- [Hercules Resting](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/hercules-resting-aic-150834), Paul Cézanne, 1897. Courtesy of Art Institute of Chicago.
- [Bather With Outstretched Arms (recto); Study of a Tree (verso)](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/bather-with-outstretched-arms-recto-study-of-a-tree-verso-aic-202383), Paul Cézanne, 1874/77. Courtesy of Art Institute of Chicago.
- [Still-Life with a Watermelon and Pomegranates](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/still-life-with-a-watermelon-and-pomegranates-met-343735), Paul Cézanne, 1900–1906. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art.