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Paul Cezanne · Life in Weeks

A Post-Impressionist whose innovative use of color, plane, and form bridged 19th-century Impressionism and 20th-century Cubism. Both Matisse and Picasso called him 'the father of us all.'

1839–1906 French Painter 3,535 weeks (67 Years)

Paul Cezanne: 3,535 weeks

Each box represents one week. Lived weeks Key milestones

3,535
Total Weeks
24,745
Days Lived
6
Key Milestones
67
Years

Key Milestones

Age 22 · Week ~1,144

Moved to Paris to pursue painting against his father's wishes

Age 35 · Week ~1,820

Exhibited with the Impressionists in their first show

Age 47 · Week ~2,444

Broke with his close friend Émile Zola after the novelist's portrayal of him

Age 56 · Week ~2,912

Held his first solo exhibition at Vollard's Paris gallery

Age 60 · Week ~3,120

Began painting his celebrated late series of Mont Sainte-Victoire

Age 67 · Week ~3,484

Died of pneumonia after working in a thunderstorm

Legacy

Created landmark paintings including The Card Players, the Mont Sainte-Victoire series, and The Large Bathers. His insistence on structure and geometric simplification directly enabled the rise of Cubism.

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