Where can you see Paul Cézanne in Paris?

At the Musée d'Orsay: The Card Players and Apples and Oranges. At the Musée de l'Orangerie: Still lifes, landscapes and portraits. Museums move and lend their works, so check before a special journey.

What is Paul Cézanne's most famous work in Paris?

The Card Players, of 1890 to 1895, at the Musée d'Orsay. Two men of Provence facing each other across a small table, a bottle between them. The last and barest of his five versions.

When and where was Paul Cézanne born?

On 19 January 1839, at Aix-en-Provence, France. Paul Cézanne died on 22 October 1906, at Aix-en-Provence, France, aged about 67.

What is Paul Cézanne known for?

The bridge between Impressionism and Cubism. Painted five versions of The Card Players. Worked alone in Provence for most of his life. Paul Cézanne was a French painter, of Post-Impressionism.

Painter, 1839 to 1906

Paul Cézanne

Cézanne wanted to make of Impressionism something solid and lasting, like the art of the museums. He did it with a few apples on a table, and changed painting for good.

The Card Players, by Cézanne: two men in hats facing each other across a small table. — Paul Cézanne, Public domain

Born: 1839, Aix-en-Provence, France
Died: 1906, Aix-en-Provence, France
Movement: Post-Impressionism
In Paris: 3 works in 2 museums

Where to see Paul Cézanne in Paris

Each work with the museum it hangs in. Museums move and lend their works, so check before a special journey.

Musée d'Orsay2 works

The Card Players
1890 to 1895
Two men of Provence facing each other across a small table, a bottle between them. The last and barest of his five versions.
Apples and Oranges
about 1899
Fruit, a jug and a tumbling cloth, seen from several angles at once. One of the richest of his late still lifes.

Musée de l'Orangerie1 work

Still lifes, landscapes and portraits
1870s to 1890s
The dealer Paul Guillaume bought Cézanne early. Fifteen of his paintings are in the collection on the lower floor, under the Water Lilies.

The life of Paul Cézanne

Cézanne was born in Aix-en-Provence in 1839, the son of a banker, and was at school with Émile Zola. He came to Paris, was refused by the Salon for twenty years, and showed with the Impressionists. Then he went home to Provence and worked alone.

He painted the same things again and again: the Mont Sainte-Victoire, bathers, still lifes, men playing cards. He built them out of small planes of colour, and the Cubists took it from there. He was caught in a storm while painting outdoors in October 1906 and died a week later.

What to know

The bridge between Impressionism and Cubism
Painted five versions of The Card Players
Worked alone in Provence for most of his life

Born: 19 January 1839, Aix-en-Provence, France
Died: 22 October 1906, Aix-en-Provence, France

Paul Cézanne: common questions

Where can you see Paul Cézanne in Paris?: At the Musée d'Orsay: The Card Players and Apples and Oranges. At the Musée de l'Orangerie: Still lifes, landscapes and portraits. Museums move and lend their works, so check before a special journey.
What is Paul Cézanne's most famous work in Paris?: The Card Players, of 1890 to 1895, at the Musée d'Orsay. Two men of Provence facing each other across a small table, a bottle between them. The last and barest of his five versions.
When and where was Paul Cézanne born?: On 19 January 1839, at Aix-en-Provence, France. Paul Cézanne died on 22 October 1906, at Aix-en-Provence, France, aged about 67.
What is Paul Cézanne known for?: The bridge between Impressionism and Cubism. Painted five versions of The Card Players. Worked alone in Provence for most of his life. Paul Cézanne was a French painter, of Post-Impressionism.