Q 01/05

In which Provençal town was Cézanne born in 1839?

A) Aix-en-Provence

B) Salon-de-Provence

C) Avignon

D) Marseille

Answer · why

A) Aix-en-Provence

He was born at 28 rue de l'Opéra and was buried in the town's Saint-Pierre Cemetery.

Q 02/05

Which art movement is Cézanne usually filed under?

A) Post-Impressionism

B) Impressionism

C) Neo-Impressionism

D) Pointillism

Answer · why

A) Post-Impressionism

His work is called the bridge between Impressionism and Cubism.

Q 03/05

Which mountain near Aix did Cézanne paint around eighty times?

A) Mont Blanc

B) Mont Ventoux

C) Mont Sainte-Victoire

D) Montagne de Lure

Answer · why

C) Mont Sainte-Victoire

He first praised it as a 'beau motif' after seeing it from the new Aix–Marseille railway.

Q 04/05

Which famous novelist was Cézanne's schoolfriend in Aix?

A) Alphonse Daudet

B) Gustave Flaubert

C) Guy de Maupassant

D) Émile Zola

Answer · why

D) Émile Zola

With Baptistin Baille they were 'Les Trois Inséparables', swimming and fishing in the Arc.

Q 05/05

Which two artists reportedly called Cézanne 'the father of us all'?

A) Monet and Renoir

B) Matisse and Picasso

C) Braque and Gris

D) Gauguin and Van Gogh

Answer · why

B) Matisse and Picasso

Picasso also said 'he was the only master for me'.