Order and Science
Cézanne: Building with Color
How one painter turned the Impressionist touch into structure, from Auvers to Aix.
Paul Cézanne exhibited with the Impressionists in 1874, and from 1882 often painted landscapes around Aix-en-Provence and L'Estaque. He wanted painting to feel solid and lasting rather than momentary. His slow, structured method made him a model for the painters who came after him.
- Early work beside Pissarro, and the move from fleeting light toward built form
- Provençal landscapes, portraits and still lifes organized by planes and color
- The late mountain views, bathers and portraits that younger painters studied
- Constructive stroke
- Short, deliberate strokes that build form.
Works in this part
- The House of the Hanged Man, Auvers-sur-Oise
- Mont Sainte-Victoire and the Viaduct of the Arc River Valley
- The Bay of Marseille, Seen from L'Estaque
- Madame Cézanne in a Red Dress
- The Card Players
- The Basket of Apples
- Still Life with Plaster Cupid
- Mont Sainte-Victoire
- The Large Bathers
- The Gardener Vallier
Image: The Metropolitan Museum of Art Open Access · CC0