Description

This painting, one of more than two dozen for which former artist’s model and Cézanne’s wife Hortense Fiquet posed, is set in the conservatory of Jas de Bouffan, the Cézanne family estate near Aix. The unfinished canvas offers a revealing glimpse into Cézanne’s working method. He placed Madame Cézanne’s carefully modeled head slightly off-center, cradled between a lush tree and a spindly plant, and then proceeded to build up the rest of the pyramidal composition, touch by exacting touch.

Inspired by Madame Cézanne (Hortense Fiquet) in the Conservatory. Paul Cézanne (French, 1839–1906).

Specialty: Giclee on Burlap Fabric, Gallery Wrapped, Artist Enhanced

Treatment: Gallery Wrapped, Artist Enhanced

Dimensions: 36″w x 46″h

Frame: Gray