Paul Cézanne at the Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Metropolitan Museum of Art (The Met) in New York City houses one of the world's most significant collections of works by Paul Cézanne, featuring over 20 of his paintings and numerous works on paper, spanning his entire career from his early expressive portraits to his late, monumental landscapes and still lifes.

His landscapes, still lifes, and portraits are primarily on view at the 19th and Early 20th Century European Paintings and Sculpture galleries (Gallery 826 and surrounding areas).

One of the most influential artists in the history of modern painting, Paul Cézanne (1839-1906) has inspired generations of artists.

Generally categorized as a Post-Impressionist, his unique method of building form with color and his analytical approach to nature influenced the art of Cubists, Fauves and successive generations of avant-garde artists.

Beginning to paint in 1860 in his birthplace of Aix-en-Provence and subsequently studying in Paris, Cézanne’s early pictures of romantic and classical themes are imbued with dark colors and executed with an expressive brushwork in the tradition of Eugène Delacroix (1798-1863).

Dramatic tonal contrasts and thick layers of pigment (often applied with a palette knife) exemplify the vigor with which Cézanne painted during the 1860s, especially apparent in the portrait series of his uncle Dominique Aubert, variously costumed as a lawyer, an artist, and a monk. | The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Il Metropolitan Museum of Art (The Met) di New York ospita una delle collezioni più importanti al mondo di opere di Paul Cézanne, con oltre 20 dipinti e numerose opere su carta, che abbracciano l'intera sua carriera, dai primi ritratti espressivi ai monumentali paesaggi e nature morte della maturità.