Cézanne

American

[si-zan, sey-zan] / sɪˈzæn, seɪˈzan /

noun

Paul 1839–1906, French painter.

Cézanne British

/ sezan /

noun

Paul (pɔl). 1839–1906, French postimpressionist painter, who was a major influence on modern art, esp cubism, in stressing the structural elements latent in nature, such as the sphere and the cone

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Paul Cézanne said that “color is the place where our brain meets the universe.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 15, 2026

The loan was secured by paintings from artists including Edgar Degas, Paul Cézanne and Pablo Picasso, according to a May 2015 loan document.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 11, 2026

Aside from trying to wedge such wildly disparate Catholic artists as Fra Bartolomeo, Paul Cézanne, Tsuguharu Foujita and Andy Warhol into a single coherent exhibition, reducing art to illustration just undermines it.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 21, 2025

Three paintings by Paul Cézanne that a Swiss museum foundation said it had to sell to ward off insolvency fetched $52.5 million, with buyer’s fees, at a Christie’s auction in New York on Thursday.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 10, 2023

He’s never been to a museum and seen art from Cézanne to Savage.

From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera

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