The Card Players
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The Card Players is a renowned series of oil paintings by French Post-Impressionist artist Paul Cézanne depicting peasants absorbed in a quiet game of cards.
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
oil painting series
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painting series → |
| artHistoricalSignificance |
key work in development of modern art
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| artist |
Paul Cézanne
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| artMarketNotability |
includes one of the most expensive paintings ever sold
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| cataloguedAs |
series of five major canvases
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| colorCharacteristic |
muted earthy palette
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| compositionFeature |
figures arranged in profile and three-quarter views
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table as central structural element → |
| countryOfOrigin |
France
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| creator |
Paul Cézanne
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| culturalContext |
Provençal peasant life
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| depicts |
card game
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peasants playing cards → |
| genre |
genre painting
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| hasInfluenced |
20th-century modernist composition
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Cubist painters → |
| hasPart |
The Card Players (Barnes Foundation version)
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The Card Players (Courtauld Gallery version) → The Card Players (Metropolitan Museum of Art version) → The Card Players (Musée d'Orsay version) → The Card Players (private collection version) → |
| hasVersionCount |
multiple compositions with varying numbers of players
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| inception |
1890s
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| influencedBy |
Gustave Courbet
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Édouard Manet → |
| languageOfWork |
none
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| locationOfCreation |
Aix-en-Provence
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| mainSubject |
card players
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peasants → |
| medium |
oil paint
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| movement |
Post-Impressionism
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| notableWorkOf |
Paul Cézanne
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| numberOfWorks |
5
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| partOf |
late work of Paul Cézanne
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| periodOfCreation |
1890–1895
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| portrays |
absence of overt drama
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quiet concentration → |
| setting |
rural interior
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| style |
structured composition and simplified forms
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| support |
canvas
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| technique |
carefully built-up brushstrokes
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emphasis on underlying geometric forms → |
| theme |
everyday life
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human concentration → social interaction → |
Referenced by (12)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
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The Card Players
("The Card Players (Barnes Foundation version)")
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The Card Players ("The Card Players (Musée d'Orsay version)") → The Card Players ("The Card Players (Courtauld Gallery version)") → The Card Players ("The Card Players (Metropolitan Museum of Art version)") → The Card Players ("The Card Players (private collection version)") → |
hasPart |
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Fernand Léger
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Paul Cézanne → |
notableWork |
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Post-Impressionism
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hasKeyWork |
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Musée d'Orsay
("The Card Players (Cézanne version)")
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notableWorkHeld |
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Courtauld Gallery
("The Card Players (Cézanne version)")
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notableWorkInCollection |
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The Bathers
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relatedWork |
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Hortense Fiquet
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spouseNotableWork |