Artist field note

Paul Cezanne

The painter who quietly broke reality apart.

The Card Players by Paul Cezanne
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The Card Players

c. 1890-1895

Two men sit in silence, but the real drama is structural: bodies, table and room lock together.

The five in one idea

Cezanne showed the next generation that reality could be rebuilt rather than copied.