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Paul Cézanne – hand-painted paintings in oil on canvas
At SvetSlik.si you can order 80 paintings by Paul Cézanne as hand-painted oil reproductions on canvas: still lifes with apples, the landscapes of Provence, Mont Sainte-Victoire, the bathers and the portraits, including The Card Players (Courtauld), Jas de Bouffan and The Great Pine. Every painting is painted to order by hand by our painters – it is not a print. Each comes in several sizes, from 40 x 30 cm up to 259 x 221 cm, or in a size you give us, and prices start at 108 €. Before dispatch we send you a photograph of the finished painting for your approval, and delivery takes 15 to 45 working days.
Why Cézanne matters
Cézanne built his paintings out of patches of colour laid side by side, so that apples, houses and mountains feel solid and weighty. Painters such as Picasso and Matisse regarded him as the father of modern painting, and Cubism grew out of his late landscapes. In our gallery you can choose from all the subjects he returned to again and again.
Cézanne’s paintings in our gallery
Still lifes with apples
Cézanne is said to have wanted to astonish Paris with an apple. The Basket of Apples tilts the table and the bottle on purpose, Still Life with Apples and Still Life with Apples and Peaches pile fruit on white cloths, and Cherries and Peaches places two bowls of fruit side by side. Still Life with a Curtain adds a heavy patterned drape, and Still Life with Plaster Cast sets a small statue of Cupid among the fruit.
The Card Players
In the 1890s Cézanne painted farm workers from his family’s estate playing cards, in five versions. We paint The Card Players (Courtauld), the two-player version in the Courtauld Gallery in London, and The Card Players (Metropolitan), the larger group in the Metropolitan Museum in New York. One version was sold privately in 2011 for a price reported at about 250 million dollars.
Provence: Jas de Bouffan, Mont Sainte-Victoire and L’Estaque
Jas de Bouffan was the family estate near Aix-en-Provence, which Cézanne painted for decades; Jas de Bouffan, The Pond shows its pond. The Great Pine is a single tree bending in the wind. He painted the mountain above Aix dozens of times: Mont Sainte-Victoire, Mont Sainte-Victoire Seen from Bibémus and Mont Sainte-Victoire and Château Noir are among the views in our gallery, together with Château Noir. On the coast near Marseille he painted L’Estaque and The Bay of Marseille, Seen from L’Estaque, with the deep blue of the sea filling the canvas.
Auvers and the years with the Impressionists
Working beside Camille Pissarro in the early 1870s, Cézanne lightened his palette. The House of the Hanged Man at Auvers-sur-Oise was shown at the first Impressionist exhibition in 1874, and Village Road, Auvers comes from the same village. A Modern Olympia and Afternoon in Naples belong to his earlier, more dramatic figure paintings.
Bathers, portraits and self-portraits
The Large Bathers (Philadelphia) and The Large Bathers (Barnes) are his great late compositions of nudes in a landscape, and The Bather shows a single young man walking out of the water. Among the portraits are Boy in a Red Waistcoat, Boy with Skull, Girl at the Piano (The Overture to Tannhäuser), Mardi Gras (Pierrot and Harlequin), Madame Cézanne in a Red Dress, his wife, and The Gardener Vallier, his gardener, together with Self-Portrait in a Straw Hat.
Which Cézanne suits which room?
The apple still lifes, such as The Basket of Apples or Still Life with Apples, are the classic choice for a kitchen or a dining room. The Provençal landscapes – Jas de Bouffan, The Great Pine or Mont Sainte-Victoire – bring calm green and blue into a living room or a bedroom. The Card Players (Courtauld) and The Card Players (Metropolitan) are strong paintings for a study, a games room or a bar, and the portraits suit a hallway or a reading corner. Choose a painting about two thirds as wide as the furniture below it, and hang it so that its centre sits about 150 cm above the floor.
Sizes, prices, custom size and frame
Each painting has its own range of sizes, matched to the proportions of the original, and the product page shows the price of every size. Sizes run from 40 x 30 cm up to 259 x 221 cm, and prices start at 108 €. If your wall needs a different measurement, send us the width and height: we paint the painting in your size. A frame is available on request, and our 3D application shows our frame profiles on the painting you choose. For a gift, a wall art voucher lets the recipient choose the painting and the size.
How we hand-paint a Cézanne
Every painting is painted to order by hand in oil or acrylic on canvas, layer by layer, by our painters, who work in different locations. With Cézanne the work is in the brushstroke: short, parallel strokes of colour that build up the form, and the warm ochres, greens and blues of Provence. Because each canvas is painted by hand, every copy is slightly different. Stretching and framing are done in our workshop in Slovenia, and you choose how the painting is sent: rolled, stretched on a wooden stretcher ready to hang, or framed. Before dispatch we send you a photograph of the finished painting, and if something is not right, we correct it before the painting is sent.
Paul Cézanne in brief
Paul Cézanne was born on 19 January 1839 in Aix-en-Provence, the son of a banker. He studied in Paris, worked alongside the Impressionists in the 1870s and later returned to Provence, where he painted until the end of his life. He died on 22 October 1906 in Aix-en-Provence. Read more in Paul Cézanne – life and interesting facts.
Frequently asked questions
Who painted The Card Players, and where are the originals?
Paul Cézanne painted The Card Players in the 1890s, in five versions. Two of the best known hang in the Courtauld Gallery in London and the Metropolitan Museum in New York; others are in the Musée d’Orsay, the Barnes Foundation and a private collection.
What is Jas de Bouffan?
Jas de Bouffan was the Cézanne family estate just outside Aix-en-Provence. Cézanne lived and worked there for about forty years and painted its house, pond, chestnut avenue and farm many times.
Why did Cézanne paint Mont Sainte-Victoire so often?
The mountain rises above his home town of Aix-en-Provence, and he painted it dozens of times in oil and watercolour from different viewpoints. The series shows how he broke the landscape into planes of colour, a step towards Cubism.
How much does a hand-painted Cézanne copy cost?
Prices start at 108 € and depend on the painting and the size you choose; every product page lists the price of each size. Large formats such as The Large Bathers cost more.
Is your Cézanne painting a print?
No – every painting is painted by hand in oil or acrylic on canvas; it is not a print or a poster. You can see the brushwork and the texture of the paint, every copy is slightly different, and you see your painting in a photograph before dispatch.
Which size should I choose?
Measure the furniture below where the painting will hang and choose a painting about two thirds of its width: above a three-seater sofa that is usually 120 to 160 cm, above a desk or a sideboard in the kitchen 50 to 80 cm. If none of the listed sizes fits, we paint the painting in your size.
How is the painting sent – rolled, stretched or framed?
As you choose: rolled, stretched on a wooden stretcher and ready to hang, or framed. Stretching and framing are done in our workshop in Slovenia, and the painting is wrapped in protective film and packed in a sturdy box.
How long does delivery take?
Each painting is painted to order, so delivery takes 15 to 45 working days, depending on the size. Before dispatch you receive a photograph of the finished painting.