1881, Paul Cezanne, Self-Portrait -- National Gallery of Art (Washington) (special exhibition)
From the exhibition label: For many of his canvases in the 1880s, Cézanne adopted a technique of applying similarly sized patches of paint in a parallel, usually diagonal direction across the canvas. Far more controlled and systematized than the patches of paint in Cézanne’s palette-knife portraits, the lively handling is especially visible here in the artist’s head, where it helps create a sense of volume that contrasts with the flatness of the wallpaper behind him.
1881, Paul Cezanne, Self-Portrait -- National Gallery of Art (Washington) (special exhibition)
From the exhibition label: For many of his canvases in the 1880s, Cézanne adopted a technique of applying similarly sized patches of paint in a parallel, usually diagonal direction across the canvas. Far more controlled and systematized than the patches of paint in Cézanne’s palette-knife portraits, the lively handling is especially visible here in the artist’s head, where it helps create a sense of volume that contrasts with the flatness of the wallpaper behind him.