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Birth
1839 (Aix-en-Provence, France)
Death
1906 (Aix-en-Provence, France)
Lived/Active
France
Often Known For
modernist landscape, still life and figure painting
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Paul Cezanne was born on January 19, 1839 in
Aix-en-Provence in France. His first colors were given to him by
his father, who later despaired of his becoming a banker instead of a
painter. Paul had a peculiar personality as a child,
impressionable and stormy. He had his first lessons in drawing
from a Spanish monk at boarding school. At thirteen he went to
Lycee at Aix where he met Emile Zola; the two became intimate
friends, and inseparable.&n (showing 500 of 7565 characters). |
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