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Still Life with Apples and a Pot of Primroses by Paul Cézanne

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Still Life with Apples and a Pot of Primroses

Paul Cézanne · ca. 1890

Artist
Paul Cézanne French, Aix-en-Provence 1839–1906 Aix-en-Provence
Date
ca. 1890
Medium
Oil on canvas
Size
28 3/4 x 36 3/8 in. (73 x 92.4 cm)
Where to see it
The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Bequest of Sam A. Lewisohn, 1951 · 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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