Unknown; Cézanne was born in 1839 and died in 1906
Paul Cézanne
PainterKnown for:
the foundation of modern painting; the Mont Sainte-Victoire series
Education:
Académie Suisse, Paris; largely self-taught; mentored by Camille Pissarro
Paul Cézanne spent most of his career working in near-isolation in Aix-en-Provence, building a practice of systematic doubt - applying paint in small, parallel strokes to translate sensation into structure - that influenced more subsequent painters than any other modern artist. His late series of Mont Sainte-Victoire paintings were made over 30 years of returning to the same motif. Picasso, Braque, and Matisse each identified him as the decisive foundation for their own work.
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Sennelier ColorsWebsite
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Used 18 specific Sennelier oil colors; his actual palette is preserved at the Musee Granet in Aix-en-Provence
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Sennelier has manufactured artists' oil colours in Paris since 1887, supplying Cézanne, Monet, Picasso, and subsequent generations from its shop on the Quai Voltaire across from the Louvre. Its Extra-Fine range uses traditional pigments ground in safflower oil for maximum color purity and lightfastness.
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Last updated March 20, 2026