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Painter - Paul Cezanne
A self-portrait by Paul Cézanne, painted when he was about 60 years old.

Painter - Paul Cezanne

Explore Paul Cézanne in this Specialist Art quiz, where colour, shape, and brushwork help turn landscapes and still lifes into stepping stones toward modern art.

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Fascinating Fact:

Cézanne was a school friend of the writer Émile Zola. Britannica notes Zola encouraged him during an early difficult stay in Paris.

In this Specialist Art topic, learners explore Paul Cézanne as a key Post-Impressionist painter whose work studied form, colour, and structure. His paintings of apples, mountains, and everyday scenes helped influence later modern artists.

  • Post-Impressionism: An art movement that developed after Impressionism, often using stronger structure, colour, and personal style.
  • Still life: A painting of arranged objects, such as fruit, bottles, or dishes.
  • Brushwork: The way an artist applies paint with a brush to create texture, shape, and movement.
What is Paul Cézanne famous for?

Paul Cézanne is famous for paintings that use colour and repeated brushstrokes to build solid forms, especially in still lifes, landscapes, and portraits.

Was Paul Cézanne an Impressionist or Post-Impressionist?

Paul Cézanne is usually described as a Post-Impressionist because he moved beyond Impressionism and focused more on structure, form, and composition.

Why is Paul Cézanne important to modern art?

Paul Cézanne is important to modern art because his approach to shape, space, and colour influenced later movements, including Cubism and other modern styles.

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1 .
Unfinished at the time of Cézanne's death, this piece is considered to be one of the masterpieces of early modern art. What is it called?
The Nymphs
The Bathers
The Women
The Picnic
Three similar works by Cézanne share the same name. This piece is sometimes called Big Bathers or Large Bathers in order to distinguish it from the other paintings which are smaller. The Philadelphia Museum of Art in the USA bought the painting in 1937 for a sum of $110,000, and has held it ever since
2 .
This is a painting of which mountain in Provence which Cézanne painted several times?
Mont Chaberton
Vignemale
Le Tabor
Montagne Sainte-Victoire
The mountain was visible from Cézanne's house and he painted it often. This version is called Mont Sainte-Victoire seen from Bellevue but other versions include Mont Sainte-Victoire with Large Pine and Mont Sainte-Victoire and the Viaduct of the Arc River Valley
3 .
The model in this portrait had what relationship with Cézanne?
She was his mother
She was his wife
She was his sister
She was his niece
Between 1869 and the 1890s Hortense Fiquet was the model in many portraits by Cézanne. During that time the couple progressed from lovers to man and wife before finally splitting up. This particular portrait is called Madame Cézanne with Loosened Hair
4 .
This piece, Rideau, Cruchon et Compotier was sold in 1999 for $60,502,500 (over £35 million) making it unique in what way?
It is the most expensive Cézanne ever sold at an auction
It is the most expensive French painting ever sold at an auction
It is the most expensive painting ever sold at an auction
It is the most expensive still life ever sold at an auction
Painted around 1894, this still life, like The Basket of Apples, is a precursor to the 20th century Cubist movement on which Cézanne was a strong influence
5 .
This 1871 piece is partially titled Melting Snow. The rest of its name is that of which small village near to Marseille?
L'Estaque
Estaing
Lautrec
Eus
Its full title is L'Estaque, Melting Snow. It was painted whilst Cézanne was living in L'Estaque at the time of the Franco-Prussian war. Some say that this piece is Cézanne's response to the war, showing a small group of houses locked between an ominous sky and a wall of snow. The houses might represent people's lives caught between Prussia (the sky) and France (the snow)
6 .
There are three other versions of this painting, which is also known as The Boy in the Red Waistcoat . What is its alternative name?
The Boy at School
Day Dreaming Boy
The Boy in the Red Vest
Wistful Boy
This version of the painting was stolen from Foundation E.G. Bührle in Zürich, Switzerland in 2008, before it was found again in Serbia in 2012. It has an estimated value of £54 million
7 .
This is one of a series of five paintings created between 1890 and 1895 entitled The Card Players. In 2011 this particular piece became the most expensive work of art ever sold when it was bought by the Royal Family of Qatar for what estimated price?
Between $150 million and $200 million
Between $200 million and $250 million
Between $250 million and $300 million
Between $300 million and $350 million
That's £146 - £176 million! Of the remaining four pieces, two are in museums in the USA, one is in the Courtauld Institute of Art in London, and the last is the Musée d’Orsay, París
8 .
Painted circa 1894, this still life, Le panier de pommes, has what title in English?
The Table with Apples
The Basket of Apples
The Cloth with Apples
The Bowl of Apples
Noted for its errant perspective, this piece has been said to be a link between Impressionism and Cubism. The unnatural tilt of the bottle and angle of the basket are complemented by the different perspectives in which the two sides of the table are seen
9 .
Pyramid of Skulls is one of several works on the theme of mortality painted after the death of which of Cézanne's family members in 1897?
His daughter
His mother
His sister
His wife
Cézanne's mother had been a great support to him, and after her death the artist began to be obsessed by mortality. Some letters written during the last decade of his life express these thoughts with words such as, "For me, life has begun to be deathly monotonous", "I'm old. I won't have time to express myself", and "I might as well be dead"
10 .
Painted around 1895, this is a portrait of which French journalist, historian, novelist and art critic?
Gustave Geffroy
Jules Verne
Alexandre Dumas
Victor Hugo
Geffroy was a friend of Monet who introduced him to Cézanne. The portrait was done as an expression of thanks for Geffroy's favourable reviews, but Cézanne was not happy with his work and abandoned it. In a explanatory letter to Monet, he said, "I am a little upset at the meagre result I obtained, especially after so many sittings and successive bursts of enthusiasm and despair"

 

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