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Paul Cézanne / Lady in Blue
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Lady in Blue

1904 · Oil on canvas

A woman in a blue dress and hat sits at a table, one of Cézanne's late portraits built up from blocks of colour.

ArtistPPaul Cézanne
MuseumHHermitage Museum
MovementPPost-Impressionism
LocationSaint Petersburg, Russia
Genreportrait
Dimensions90 × 73.5 cm
SourceWikidata Q3824214

Why it matters

One of Cézanne's last portraits of a woman shows his governess, Madame Brémond. Its tones, shapes and colours prefigure Fauvism and Cubism.

Did you know?

  • It was painted around 1900.
  • It is in the Hermitage in Saint Petersburg.
  • The sitter was Cézanne's governess.

Based on the Wikipedia article Lady in Blue (Cézanne) (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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