The Card Players
ArtistPaul Cezanne
Year1892-1895
MediumOil on canvas
LocationVarious
About The Card Players
A series of five paintings. One version sold for over 250 million dollars to Qatar. Cezanne painted his gardener and local farmers as models. Considered a bridge between Impressionism and Cubism. Each version reduces detail further toward abstraction.
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