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Who was Paul Cezanne?
An official question of the French civic exam, with its answer and the official text that proves it, in French and English.
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Qui était Paul Cézanne ?
Who was Paul Cezanne?
Answer. A French painter, often called the father of modern painting.
Un peintre français, souvent appelé le père de la peinture moderne.
Paul Cezanne (1839 to 1906) painted Mont Sainte-Victoire and The Card Players. He influenced Picasso and Matisse.
The official text that proves it
« Cézanne, célèbre peintre français, commence par s’inspirer de l’impressionnisme, mais cherche ensuite à donner de la structure et de la solidité aux formes en utilisant des formes géométriques (cylindres, sphères, cônes). »
Cezanne, a famous French painter, starts out inspired by impressionism, then seeks to give structure and solidity to shapes using geometric forms (cylinders, spheres, cones).
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