The Card Players - Paul Cezanne (1894–95) oil on canvas (upload.wikimedia.org)
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Not often you see an accomplished artist make such an direct and confronting self portrait.
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/1992319...
Note: this piece is also referred to as the “Paint-Makers Plight”...
The way he captures light is beautiful
Reminds me of Copland
Classic Baroque style
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One of the greatest paintings of its time IMHO, unlike many Dutch masterpieces of the era (portraits for the wealthy merchants), it captures a woman of low standing going about a routine task, in brilliant detail and composition....
Encaustic paint on wood, one of the better preserved Fayuum mummy portraits.