Lady in Blue (Cézanne)

Paul Cézanne · 1904

Lady in Blue (Cézanne) by Paul Cézanne

The story

Lady in Blue is an oil on canvas painting by Paul Cézanne, executed c. 1900, now in the Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg, Russia.

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

Artist
Paul Cézanne
Date
1904
Collection
Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg, Russia
Movement
Post-impressionism
Medium
oil paint, canvas
Size
90 × 73.5 cm

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