Jeune Fille au piano (Girl at the Piano - The Overture to Tannhauser)
Paul Cézanne · 1869
Why it's great
A young woman sits at a piano, playing, as an older woman sews in a rocking chair. Cézanne painted his sister and mother in a bold, flat way. The famous music of Wagner's Tannhäuser was the inspiration. It's a quiet moment in a family.
Where to see it
📍 Hermitage MuseumSaint Petersburg, Russia
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Paul Cézanne was born in Aix-en-Provence in southern France and lived there for much of his life, painting its hills, orchards, and the mountain Sainte-Victoire. He studied with the Impressionists in Paris, but then went his own way, building forms from blocks of color. He is often called the father of modern art, and both Picasso and Matisse praised him. He died in 1906 after catching a chill while painting outside.
