This landscape of a steep hillside in the country is by Post-Impressionist Paul Cézanne. There is a yellow house in the lower right and the rooftop peaks of a few structures are visible above the trees covering the hill. Mostly, though, the hillside and Cézanne's broad, angular brushstrokes cover the canvas along with a bright blue sky peaking out along the top. This painting is one of eight Cézannes bequeathed by Charles A. Loeser after his death in 1928 to the President of the United States and all his future successors. Though prolific during his lifetime, Cézanne's art did not receive much recognition or acclaim until after his death, when his influence was cited by younger artists such as Henri Matisse and Pablo Picasso who moved away from the Impressionist style into new and different modes of painting.
This landscape of a steep hillside in the country is by Post-Impressionist Paul Cézanne. There is a yellow house in the lower right and the rooftop peaks of a few structures are visible above the trees covering the hill. Mostly, though, the hillside and Cézanne's broad, angular brushstrokes cover the canvas along with a bright blue sky peaking out along the top. This painting is one of eight Cézannes bequeathed by Charles A. Loeser after his death in 1928 to the President of the United States and all his future successors. Though prolific during his lifetime, Cézanne's art did not receive much recognition or acclaim until after his death, when his influence was cited by younger artists such as Henri Matisse and Pablo Picasso who moved away from the Impressionist style into new and different modes of painting.
