CÉZANNE, Paul
(b. 1839, Aix-en-Provence, d. 1906, Aix-en-Provence)

Still-Life with a Curtain

1895
Oil on canvas, 55 x 75 cm
The Hermitage, St. Petersburg

In the last 15 years of his life Cézanne was concerned only with painting. Its power grew, together with his predilection for a transient motif - the brief hours of a Provençal morning or quickly spoiling fruit.