Auvers, Panoramic View - Paul Cezanne

Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Larned Coburn Memorial Collection

"Auvers, Panoramic View" by Paul Cezanne (1873–75) Oil on canvas.

Commentary

"Auvers, Panoramic View" by Paul Cezanne (1873–75) invites a close look at how form and feeling work together. Its painted surface guides your eye through color, brushwork, and contrast rather than through narrative alone. Theme s to notice include Impressionism, painting. This piece is held in the source collection's Painting and Sculpture of Europe collection. Paul Cezanne is the artist behind this work. A useful anchor for reading the piece: Paul Cezanne (French, 1839–1906). The work is cataloged within a France cultural context. It is associated with the Impressionism period. How to look at this work: It is cataloged as painting, which gives a clue to how the museum frames the object. Its medium (Oil on canvas) affects texture, durability, and how detail reads at different distances. Its listed dimensions (65.2 × 81.3 cm (25 5/8 × 32 in.); Framed: 79.7 × 97.5 × 7.7 cm (31 3/8 × 38 3/8 × 3 in.)) suggest how intimate or monumental it may feel in person. Subject cues from the catalog include Impressionism, painting. Compare this reading with the museum record at the source collection: https://www.artic.edu/artworks/14556

Sources: Art Institute of Chicago; Art Institute of Chicago / Public Records; Art Institute of Chicago Collection Data