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An 1893-6 painting in oils, The Card Players, by Paul Cézanne (1839-1906), the French post-impressionist artist. Cézanne visited the subject of card players several times. In this version, he shows only two players and captures the tension and division between them by clearly dividing the scene vertically using the bottle of wine and other strong vertical lines. (Musée d'Orsay, Paris).
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Cite This Work
APA Style
d'Orsay, M. (2022, March 09). The Card Players by Cézanne. World History Encyclopedia. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/15368/the-card-players-by-cezanne/
Chicago Style
d'Orsay, Musée. "The Card Players by Cézanne." World History Encyclopedia, March 09, 2022. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/15368/the-card-players-by-cezanne/.
MLA Style
d'Orsay, Musée. "The Card Players by Cézanne." World History Encyclopedia, 09 Mar 2022, https://www.worldhistory.org/image/15368/the-card-players-by-cezanne/.
