Cézanne was a 19th-century French painter whose unique style bridges the major artistic movements of Impressionism and Cubism. His work combines impressionistic, airy painting with a degree of geometric simplification, making shape and form important aspects of the art.
Cézanne's explorations of geometric(幾何学の)forms and optical phenomena profoundly affected the development of modern art, and he is ranked among the foremost French masters.