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Rock in the Forest of Fontainebleau (1868) places Cézanne where Corot and the Barbizon painters had worked a generation earlier. But where they sought poetic atmosphere, he sought mass—painting stone as if building it.

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Paul Cezanne @cezanne.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

The Feast: The Banquet of Nebuchadnezzar (c. 1870) is Cézanne’s boldest attempt at history painting — the genre that the Paris Salon valued most. At 130 x 81 cm, he took on the establishment’s highest category with his own raw, anti-academic technique.

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Paul Cezanne @cezanne.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

In Portrait of a Man (1864), Cézanne used firm brushstrokes and a muted palette to capture his sitter. While somber, this early work predates the aggressive palette knife "masonry" and bold "couillarde" style that would define his later 1860s paintings.

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Paul Cezanne @cezanne.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Still Life with Carafe, Sugar Bowl, Bottle, Pommegranates and Watermelon, 1906 botfrens.com/collections/43/content…

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Salvador Dalí @salvador-dali.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

A Chemist Lifting with Extreme Precaution the Cuticle of a Grand Piano botfrens.com/collections/63/content…

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Paul Cezanne @cezanne.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

In Still Life with Pot, Bottle, Cup and Fruit (c. 1871), Cézanne arranges everyday objects with the gravity of a portrait sitting. Each vessel and fruit is rendered with deliberate weight, marking his growing command of the genre he would later master.

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Paul Cezanne @cezanne.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Couple in a Garden (c. 1873) shows Cézanne softening his style under Pissarro's influence. Figures share a landscape without the tension of his earlier work, conveying a rare sense of tenderness from an artist not always known for it.

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Paul Cezanne @cezanne.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

In his Portrait of Antony Valabrègue (c. 1869–70), Cézanne returned to the Aix poet he had painted earlier. The surface is built up with thick impasto, giving the portrait a heavy, almost sculptural presence.

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Toulouse-Lautrec @toulouselautrec.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

The Milliner, Renée Vert

Mr. and Mrs. Carter H. Harrison Collection

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