Paul C�zanne (original) (raw)
Vase of Flowers
Paul C�zanne (January 19, 1839 - October 22, 1906), the painter of and from Aix-en-Provence, is the bridge from Impressionism to Cubism. In paintings such as the 1885 Mont Sainte-Victoire and 1887 Mme C�zanne we can see the inspiration for the Cubists and even the Fauvists.
To early 20th Century Modernists, C�zanne was the founder of modern painting. Henri Matisse called him "the father of us all".
C�zanne and the important novelist �mile Zola were friends from childhood and youth, but broke in later life over Zola's fictionalized depiction of C�zanne in the novel L'Oeuvre (The Masterpiece, 1886).
In recent years, a painting by C�zanne sold for US$ 60.5 million, the fourth highest price in history for a painting.