Paul Cezanne One of the finest Post-Impressionist painters, Paul Cézanne, was a French painter (born January 19, 1839, in Aix-en-Provence, France—died October 22, 1906, in Aix-en-Provence). His works and ideas influenced numerous 20th-century artists and art groups, including Cubism. However, because he insisted on individual expression and the purity of the artwork itself, independent of a particular subject, Cézanne's art, which was misunderstood and derided by the public for most of his life, contradicted all the traditional principles of paintings in the 19th century. Early Life of Paul Cezanne A prosperous bourgeois family raised Cézanne as their son. He gains... View more
