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Garçon couché (Boy by the Brook) by Paul Cézanne

Garçon couché (Boy by the Brook)

Paul Cézanne · 1890

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Artist
Paul Cézanne
Date
1890
Location
Hammer Museum
ART MOVEMENTS
Post-Impressionism
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THE ARTIST

Paul Cézanne

1839–1906 · France

Paul Cézanne, the French Post-Impressionist, built a bridge from Impressionism to Cubism, transforming how we see apples and landscapes.

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Beyond Cézanne and Post-Impressionism: works from the same years.

A Woman Walking in a Garden Same era · 1870s–1900s A Woman Walking in a Garden Vincent van Gogh · 1887 · Frans Buffa & sons A Sunday on La Grande Jatte — 1884 Same era · 1870s–1900s A Sunday on La Grande Jatte — 1884 Okada Saburosuke · 1884 · Art Institute of Chicago Madame Léon Clapisson Same era · 1870s–1900s Madame Léon Clapisson Léon-Victor Dupré · 1883 · Art Institute of Chicago Still Life with Crayfish Same era · 1870s–1900s Still Life with Crayfish Mikhail Larionov · 1900 · Museum Ludwig Paris Street; Rainy Day Same era · 1870s–1900s Paris Street; Rainy Day Kawabata Gyokushō · 1877 · Art Institute of Chicago Mr. Loulou (Louis Le Ray) Same era · 1870s–1900s Mr. Loulou (Louis Le Ray) Paul Gauguin · 1890 · Barnes Foundation Stacks of Wheat (End of Day, Autumn) Same era · 1870s–1900s Stacks of Wheat (End of Day, Autumn) Claude Monet · 1890 · Art Institute of Chicago Street in Moret Same era · 1870s–1900s Street in Moret Alfred Sisley · 1890 · Art Institute of Chicago
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