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Who did Cézanne call 'only an eye, but what an eye'?

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  1. 1 Easy

    Which pair reportedly called Cézanne 'the father of us all'?

    Answer: Picasso and Matisse

    Why: Picasso later bought a château on the slopes of Mont Sainte-Victoire, the mountain Cézanne painted so often.

  2. 2 Medium

    Which three shapes did Cézanne tell painters to see in nature?

    Answer: Cylinder, sphere, cone

    Why: All three of his shapes have curved surfaces, while a cube has only flat faces.

  3. 3 Hard

    Which newspaper does Cézanne's father read in an 1866 portrait?

    Answer: L'Événement

    Why: That year the paper ran Émile Zola's reviews attacking the Salon jury's bias against modern painters.

  4. 4 Easy

    Where was Cézanne born, and where did he die?

    Answer: Aix-en-Provence

    Why: His last studio, on the Lauves hill just north of the old town, is now a museum.

  5. 5 Medium

    Who gave Cézanne his first solo show, in 1895?

    Answer: Ambroise Vollard

    Why: Cézanne was already 56 years old when that first show of his own opened.

  6. 6 Hard

    How many times did the official Paris Salon accept Cézanne?

    Answer: Once

    Why: He got in under the label of pupil of a friend on the jury, the painter Antoine Guillemet.

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