Paul Cézanne.

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             Paul Cézanne

 Paul Cézanne was born at Aix-en-Provence in the south of France on Jan. 19, 1839. He went to school in Aix, forming a close friendship with the novelist Emile Zola. He also studied law there from 1859 to 1861, but at the same time he continued attending drawing classes. Against his father he made up his mind that he wanted to paint, and in 1861 joined Zola in Paris. Finally his father agreed and sent financial support and, later, a large inheritance on which he could live without difficulty. In Paris he met Camille Pissarro and came to know others of the impressionist group, with whom he would exhibit in 1874 and 1877. Cézanne, however, remained an outsider to their circle; from 1864 to 1869 he sent his work to the official Salon and saw it consistently disapproved. His paintings of 1865-70 form what is usually called his early "romantic" period. Extremely personal in character, it deals with bizarre subjects of violence and fantasy in harsh, somber colours and extremely heavy paintwork. After many years of painting he retired in 1882 at the age of 43 not very long after that year he died in the year of 1906 when he was 67

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This is his self portrait.

The Vase Of Flowers

The painting is a still life portrait of a light blue vase of a variety of different coloured flowers with green foliage.  The vase is placed on a tablecloth which has dark blue flowers printed on a white material.  The flowers on the tablecloth are spaced out, they appear to be the same size as the base of the vase.  

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