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Cézanne – Father of the Artist (1865) Early Dark Period Portrait Masterpiece – Hand-Painted Oil Reproduction by Dafen Village Studio

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Original price was: $660.73.Current price is: $169.90. Rolled canvas · 30 × 42.5 cm

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Painted in 1865 when Paul Cézanne was asserting his independence as an artist against his father’s wishes, Father of the Artist (Portrait of Louis-Auguste Cézanne) stands as one of the most powerful and historically significant portraits of his early career. Belonging firmly to his “Dark Period,” the canvas shows Louis-Auguste seated in a tall armchair, engrossed in the newspaper L’Événement—a subtle nod to Émile Zola, who championed the Impressionists in that very publication. Eschewing delicate academic brushwork, Cézanne applied thick paint directly with a palette knife, sculpting his father’s stern countenance with raw tactile energy and dramatic shadow contrasts. Preserved today in the National Gallery, London, this masterpiece highlights the psychological complexity and fearless technique of modern art’s greatest structural pioneer.

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  • 100% Hand-Painted Execution: Meticulously hand-crafted layer by layer by senior specialist artists, faithfully recreating Cézanne’s thick palette-knife textures, rich shadow glazes, and bold chiaroscuro contrasts.

  • Archival-Grade Materials: Rendered on heavy-weight, high-density pure linen canvas using premium oil pigments to ensure lifetime color permanence, maximum UV resistance, and museum-grade structural stability.

  • Commanding Presence & Tactile Form: Accurately renders the structured armchair, the dramatic facial features, and the rich, expressive impasto of the original museum piece.

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Feature Details
Title Father of the Artist (Louis-Auguste Cézanne)
Original Artist Paul Cézanne
Original Execution Date $1865$ (Early Dark Period / Palette Knife Technique)
Art Style & Genre Romanticism / Early Realism (Portraiture / Family Study)
Production Method $100\%$ Hand-Painted Oil on Canvas
Medium Artist-Grade Oil Paint on Pure Linen Canvas
Custom Size Options Available in standard master scales or custom-scaled dimensions
Location of Original National Gallery, London, UK
Shipping Format Rolled in Heavy-Duty Protective Tube (Stretched/Framed options available)

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