Questions and Answers
Paul Cezanne
1.
From what region of Europe was Paul Cézanne?
Southern France
2.
What year was he born?
1839
3.
What's the title of the painting?
Forest
4.
Cézanne came from a family of considerable wealth. He was permitted to pursue art from a relatively young age.
True
5.
What did Cézanne die of?
Pneumonia
6.
What element did Cézanne try to downplay in his landscaping paintings?
Line
7.
What's the title of the painting?
Basket of Apples
8.
What year did Cézanne pass away?
1906
9.
Cézanne's father wanted Paul to become a lawyer.
True
10.
What type of art did Cezanne paint? More than one answer may be possible.
Portrait, Still Life, Landscapes
11.
Pyramid of Skulls was painted after the death of Cézanne's _________ in 1897.
Mother
12.
It's a portrait of a French journalist, historian, novelist and art critic. Who is it?
Gustave Geffroy
13.
What's the full name of the painting? "___________, Melting Snow"
L'Estaque
14.
What year was Cézanne's first exhibition?
1863
15.
Cézanne got married with Marie-Hortense Fiquet in 1886.
True
16.
The title of the painting is The Card Players. In 2011 this particular piece became the most expensive work of art ever sold to the Royal Family of Qatar for what estimated price?
Between $250 million and $300 million
17.
What is the subject of Paul Cezanne's still life "Pommes, Peches, Poires et Raisins"?
Fruit
18.
He abandoned the study of law only months short of finishing a degree in order to move to Paris and pursue art full time.
True
19.
Paul Cezanne was an impressionist painter.
False
20.
This painting painted between 1894 and 1895 has two titles. One of them is "Woman in a Green Hat". What is the second title?
Madame Cezanne