Paul Cézanne — Painting Gallery, Appraisal and Auctions

Paul Cézanne portret Cézanne considered himself a failure. His father, a banker from Aix, was a domineering man. The difficult relationship with him cast a dark shadow over Cézanne’s entire life. The reserved young man, who occasionally fell into deep despair, was saved by his heightened artistic sensitivity.

From the perspective of Impressionist aesthetics, even Cézanne’s most "Impressionistic" works strike with their severity, an undefined yet intense emotional depth. Against the backdrop of the light- and air-filled paintings of the Impressionists, his works seemed archaic, something long forgotten.

The sense of an inseparable connection between the fundamental laws of the material world defined the unique artistic structure of Cézanne’s paintings. Nature and all objects depicted by the artist are always in a state of constant becoming and transformation. Just as there is no clear boundary between the present and the past in time, so too in Cézanne’s paintings there is no depiction of a specific moment; instead, they convey the continuity of nature’s life.

We have selected 48 paintings for publication — the greatest works of the master of space, Paul Cézanne, for several reasons:
Their spatial richness through a connection with the material world.
Cézanne’s talent lay in enriching material objects with internal sensations of objects and space, complementing reality. Even the air itself is present in Cézanne’s canvases. His paintings are a world plus.

Paul Cézanne's Art Gallery - Selected Works.

Thoughts about the equivalence of the most subtle and the most majestic phenomena of nature, their inseparability, resonate clearly in Cézanne’s paintings. All these phenomena are commensurate and equal in Cézanne’s art because man, “the measure of all things,” also belongs to nature and lives by its laws. Cézanne was attracted to studying the inner structure of nature and expressing the eternal laws of existence through art.

Paul Cézanne - The Forest Road

1871 canvas 53 × 65 cm

Paul Cézanne - The Buffet

1877-79 canvas 65 × 81 cm

Paul Cézanne - Ferme en Normandie

1882 canvas 65 × 81 cm

Paul Cézanne - Still Life

1886-90 canvas 73 × 59 cm

Paul Cézanne - Madame Cézanne in a Red Dress

1888-90 canvas 116 × 89 cm

Paul Cézanne - Bouilloire et Fruits

1888-90 canvas 48 × 60 cm

Paul Cézanne - Giocatori di Carte

1890-92 canvas 65 × 81 cm

Paul Cézanne - Hillside in Provence

1890-92 canvas 63 × 79 cm

Paul Cézanne - Still Life with Apples and a Pot of Primroses

1890 canvas 58 × 91 cm

Paul Cézanne - Still Life with Flowers and Fruit

1890 canvas 82 × 65 cm

Paul Cézanne - The House with the Cracked Walls

1892-94 canvas 80 × 64 cm

Paul Cézanne - Seated Peasant

1892-96 canvas 55 × 45 cm

Paul Cézanne - Still Life with a Ginger Jar

1894 canvas 72 × 91 cm

Paul Cézanne - Château Noir

1904 canvas 74 × 93 cm

Paul Cézanne - Stillleben mit Teekanne

1900 canvas 58 × 70 cm

Paul Cézanne - The Grounds of the Château Noir

1900-04 canvas 90 × 71 cm

Gostev’s: Evaluation of the Paintings of Paul Cézanne

Evaluating the painting of Paul Cézanne, relying on our own judgments, sense of taste, and the emotional impact of painting, we highlight several works by the founder of modern painting. Picasso and Matisse were right in their statement:

The father of us all.

Honoring the painting of the great artist, we select eight masterpieces by Paul Cézanne:

Paul Cézanne - Houses in Provence

1883 canvas 65 × 81 cm

Paul Cézanne - Mont Sainte-Victoire

1886-90 canvas 57 × 97 cm

Paul Cézanne - Still Life

1893-94 canvas 65 × 81 cm

Paul Cézanne - Mont Sainte-Victoire

1897 canvas 65 × 81 cm

Paul Cézanne - Carrière de Bibémus

1898 canvas 65 × 54 cm

Paul Cézanne - Still Life with a Curtain

1899 canvas 54 × 73 cm

Paul Cézanne - Bathers

1900-05 canvas 210 × 250 cm

Paul Cézanne - Portrait of a Peasant

1905-06 canvas 64 × 54 cm

The Legacy and Value of Paul Cézanne’s Works

Cézanne’s total dedication to painting ultimately cost him his life. Once, Cézanne got caught in a storm while working in the field. But harsh weather conditions did not stop him: he continued working for another two hours before deciding to go home. On the way home, the artist collapsed and was brought home, unable to get out of bed. A few days later, Cézanne died of pneumonia. He was buried in the old cemetery of his beloved hometown, Aix-en-Provence.

Cézanne’s artistic legacy includes over 800 oil paintings, not counting watercolors and other works. Picasso and Matisse called him “the father of us all,” while Monet described him as “the greatest of us all.”

Today, Paul Cézanne’s works set records at major auctions. "The Card Players," painted by Cézanne in the 1890s, depicting two working-class men, was purchased by the Qatari royal family for $250 million (£158.4 million), more than double the previous auction record. Although the sale took place in 2011, details of the secret deal were only published in February 2012. The painting previously belonged to the Greek shipping magnate George Embiricos. Other works by Cézanne are housed in the Musée d'Orsay in Paris, the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Courtauld Institute of Art in London, and the Barnes Foundation in Philadelphia.

The work "Still Life with Ginger Jar and Apples" (1888-1890) was sold in 1996 for $35 million.

Sale Date	Title	Price	Price Increase	Auction House	City
2019-11-12	La Montagne Sainte-Victoire vue des Lauves	$120 mln.	+34% above $90 mln. (estimate)	Christie’s	New York
2011-05-02	The Card Players	$259 mln. (£160 mln.)	+78% vs £90 mln. (previous private sale)	Private Sale via Zwirner & Co.	London / Qatar
2022-11-15	Pommes et oranges	$58.6 mln.	+26% vs $46.5 mln. (2009 price)	Sotheby’s	New York
2013-11-05	Paysage près d’Aix-en-Provence	$41.6 mln.	+30% above $32 mln. (estimate)	Christie’s	New York
2018-11-13	Feuilles mortes	$38.9 mln.	+28% above $30.3 mln. (estimate)	Sotheby’s	New York
2021-06-23	La Randonnée près d’Aix	€34.8 mln. (~$41.2 mln.)	+22% above €28.5 mln. (estimate)	Christie’s	London
2019-02-13	Bouilloire et fruits	£19.2 mln. (~$24.4 mln.)	+19% above £16.1 mln. (estimate)	Sotheby’s	London
2015-11-03	Fruits et pot en verre	$22.9 mln.	+17% above $19.6 mln. (estimate)	Christie’s	New York
2008-11-05	Pichet et pommes	$31.9 mln.	+33% above $24 mln. (estimate)	Sotheby’s	New York

Evaluating an artist’s potential, including investment potential, involves many factors. In Cézanne’s case, it’s the connection with the material world enriched by the precise use of color to convey emotions invisible to the ordinary eye.
Below, - investment-worthy paintings you can confidently invest in.
Gostev Jr., Co-founder Gostev's & FABER VISUM's CEO