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Madame Cézanne (Hortense Fiquet, 1850–1922) in a Red Dress by Paul Cézanne

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Madame Cézanne (Hortense Fiquet, 1850–1922) in a Red Dress

Paul Cézanne · 1888–90

Artist
Paul Cézanne French, Aix-en-Provence 1839–1906 Aix-en-Provence
Date
1888–90
Medium
Oil on canvas
Size
45 7/8 × 35 1/4 in. (116.5 × 89.5 cm)
Where to see it
The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Mr. and Mrs. Henry Ittleson Jr. Purchase Fund, 1962 · CC0 Public Domain · The Met · see it at the museum ↗

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About Paul Cezanne

Paul Cézanne was a French Post-Impressionist painter whose work introduced new modes of representation, influenced avant-garde artistic movements of the early 20th century and formed the bridge between late 19th-century Impressionism and early 20th-century Cubism.

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