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by
Paul Cézanne
Madame Cézanne in a Red Armchair
1877
Cézanne’s wife, Hortense Fiquet, was his most frequent model—he painted nearly thirty portraits of her. Posing for Cézanne demanded great patience, for he was a slow and painstaking worker and always required the presence of the model. This early portrait has a serene monumentality, its many small blocks of subtly varied color locked into a harmonious whole. In one of his most frequently quoted statements, Cézanne said, “I want to make of Impressionism an art as solid as that of the museums.”
- Size:
- 72.4 x 55.9 cm (28 1/2 x 22 in.)
- Medium:
- Oil on canvas
- License:
- Public Domain, Courtesy of the MFA Boston
- For more:
- http://www.mfa.org/collections/object/madame-c%C3%A9zanne-i…
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