'A work of art that does not begin in emotion is not art.'
Compotier Glass And Apples / Oils on canvas
Source: www.paul-cezanne.org
Cezanne had a dominating father that expected him to work in a bank, though he managed to convince his father to give him a small allowance so that he could move to Paris to study art and become an artist.
With his rough Provencal accent, Cezanne was an outsider in Parisian art circles.
Cezanne disliked the ephemeral appearance of Impressionist art, so he worked very slowly and methodically on still life, landscapes and portraits.
Although Cezanne is usually exhibited with the Impressionists, he was never really an Impressionist, but more a post-Impressionist.
He said he wanted to make 'something solid and enduring like the art of the museums.'
In the last years of his life, Cezanne's fame grew, and he had a great influence on a collection of younger artists like Gauguin, Matisse and Picasso.
That is why his title is sometimes known as the father of modern art.
La Montagne St Victoire Vue De Gardanne / Oils on canvas
Source: www.paul-cezanne.org