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Still Life of a Leg of Mutton and Bread
Still Life of a Leg of Mutton and Bread is an oil painting by the Realist artist Paul Cézanne. It dates from 1866 and is held in the collection of the Kunsthaus Zürich.
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Overview
Still Life of a Leg of Mutton and Bread is an oil painting created by Paul Cézanne in 1866, an early work in his oeuvre.
Subject & Meaning
The painting features a still life arrangement of a leg of mutton and bread, with the mutton on the left and bread to its right, evoking a sense of everyday life.
Technique & Style
Cézanne employed earthy tones and visible brushstrokes to create a textured, three-dimensional effect, while using light and shadow to convey volume and depth.
Context
This work is characteristic of Cézanne's early output during the Realist movement, a period that laid the groundwork for his later influence on modernist art movements.
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Artist
Paul Cézanne ( say-ZAN, UK also siz-AN, US also say-ZAHN; French: ; Occitan: Pau Cesana; 19 January 1839 – 22 October 1906) was a French Post-Impressionist painter whose work introduced new modes of representation,…
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