Paul Cézanne died on 22 October 1906 in Aix-en-Provence, aged 67. A French painter from Aix-en-Provence, Cézanne began among the Impressionists but sought, in his own words, to make of Impressionism something solid and lasting. He built his paintings from patches of colour and simplified geometric forms, as in his many views of Mont Sainte-Victoire, his still lifes of apples and his series The Card Players and The Bathers. His reworking of space and perspective had an enormous influence on Picasso, Matisse and the Cubists, and he is often called the father of modern painting. He worked in relative isolation in Provence, and recognition came late in his life.
Before and after
- 20 July 1906Finland gives women the right to vote and stand for parliament
- 25 September 1906Birth of Dmitri Shostakovich
- 9 October 1906Birth of Léopold Sédar Senghor
- 14 October 1906Birth of Hannah Arendt
- 22 October 1906Death of Paul Cézanne
- 6 December 1906Birth of Leonid Brezhnev
- c. 1907Birth of Sergei Korolev
- 1907Construction of Palacio de Cibeles
- 1907Construction of Imperial College London
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