Paul Cézanne

It was a good idea writing a bit about some of the best painters i know. Johannes Vermeer, making perfectly balanced and composed paintings. Paul Cézanne is the next painter on my list. I won’t go into his biography. You can read about that on his wikipedia page, or do a search on duckduckgo.

I will try and limit the paintings i will show here. I did copy many from the list of his paintings. You’re welcome to go through his paintings.

I did do a year of painting at art school. At the end of that year i got a 0 for it. A refusal. All my other marks were good, but that zero, that null prevented me from going any further into painting. So i didn’t. Next year i switched to photography and monumental. I didn’t read that much about painting anymore. In the back of my mind i did have this quiet thought that i could turn back to painting in my old age. If i wanted to.

You may think i’m choosing artists which are part of the recognized canon of western art. You are right. That doesn’t mean these artists are not important, that everything has been said about them, everybody has seen their work. I do try to take my time watching these paintings when i see them. Or watch the photos i found online. Even with photos there are many things to observe. It does require time to let an image sink in. Let the image become a part of your world.

Enjoy.

The Bathers
1894-1905
127 × 196 cm
National Gallery, London

Still Life with Apples and a Pot of Primroses
1890
58 × 91 cm
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Still Life with Open Drawer
1877-1879
33 × 41 cm
Private collection

Rideau, Cruchon et Compotier
1893–1895
59.7 x 73 cm
Private Collection

Madame Cézanne
1885-1887
55,6 × 45,7 cm
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York

Portrait of Madame Cézanne
1885
46 x 38 cm
Private collection

Madame Cézanne (Hortense Fiquet, 1850–1922) in a Red Dress
1888-1890
116.5 x 89.5 cm
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Madam Cézanne in a Red Armchair
1877
72,5 × 56 cm
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Madame Cézanne in a Yellow Armchair
1893-1895
81 × 85 cm
Private collection

Mount Sainte-Victoire
1888-1890
65 × 81 cm
Private collection

Mont Sainte-Victoire Seen from the Bibémus Quarry
1897
65 × 81 cm
Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore

Mont Sainte-Victoire
1885-1887
67 × 92 cm
Courtauld Institute of Art, London

Mont Sainte-Victoire and the Viaduct of the Arc River Valley
1885–1887
65,4 x 81,6 cm
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Maison Maria with a View of Château Noir
1895
65 × 81 cm
Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, Texas

L’Estaque with Red Roofs
1883-1885
65 × 81 cm
Private collection

Forest Interior
1898-1899
61 x 81,3 cm
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco

High Trees In Jas de Bouffan
1885-1887
73 x 59 cm
Private collection

The Grounds of the Château-Noir
1900-1904
90,7 × 71,4 cm
National Gallery, London

The Great Pine
1898
85 × 92 cm
São Paulo Museum of Art, São Paulo

The House with the Cracked Walls
1892–1894
80 x 64,1 cm
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Boy in a Red Waistcoat
1888-1890
92 x 73 cm
National Gallery of Art, Washington DC

Self-Portrait
1878-1880
61 × 47 cm
Phillips Memorial Gallery, Washington D.C.

Self-Portrait with Palette
1890
92 × 73 cm
Foundation E.G. Bührle, Zürich

Self-Portrait with Olive-Colored Wallpaper
1880-1881
33,6 × 26 cm
National Gallery, London

Still Life with Carafe, Bottle, and Fruit (watercolour)
1906
Henry and Rose Pearlman Collection