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Description: Madame Cézanne in a Red Armchair

TitleMadame Cézanne in a Red Armchair

Creator nameCézanne, Paul

Creator nationality/cultureFrench

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1877

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

LocationMuseum of Fine Arts, Boston

https://collections.mfa.org/objects/32912/madame-cezanne-in-a-red-armchair

Accession number44.776

SubjectsPortrait painting, FrenchPortrait painting--19th centuryArtists' spousesPost-impressionism (Art)--FranceWomen--Portraits

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PublisherYale University Press

Related print edition pages: pp.139-179

https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00298.4

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Chapter subject tags:Women--PortraitsArtists' spousesDomestic space in artPost-impressionism (Art)Feminine beauty (Aesthetics)

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PublisherYale University Press

Related print edition pages: pp.117-155

https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00292.4

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Chapter subject tags:Rilke, Rainer Maria, 1875-1926Fiquet, Hortense, 1850-1922Painting, French--19th centuryCézanne, Paul, 1839-1906Art criticism--France--History--19th centuryStill-life painting, French--19th centuryBaudelaire, Charles, 1821-1867

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