His works had sighificant influence on Picasso and the development of 2-th-century art.

Cezanne was born in 1839 and his boyhood in Provence was dominated by his father.Under family pressure he trained as a lawyer in his native Aix while attending lessons at the local drawing academy.

After moving to Paris he attended a private art school,where he absorbed many influences,including those of Courbet and Manet,in his early years.He often imitated Courbet,applying thick layers of paint with a palette knife.He later told Renoir that it took him twenty years to realize that painting was not sculpture.In the 1880s his brushwork became increasingly systematic and ordered.He worked slowly and methodically,selecting subjects he could study for long periods.