In the early 1870s, C¨¦zanne was living in Auvers, a small town outside Paris, and learning to work directly from nature. The Pond is painted in small, parallel strokes of blues and greens, an early version of the distinctive brushwork that plays a key role in the construction of C¨¦zanne's mature paintings. Here, figures are placed boldly against the landscape. C¨¦zanne would more fully integrate figure and landscape in his many later paintings of bathers. Title The Pond Creator Lifespan 1839 - 1906 Creator Nationality French Creator Gender Male Date Created about 1877 - 1879 Physical Dimensions w562 x h470 mm Type Paintings Rights Tompkins Collection¡ªArthur Gordon Tompkins Fund. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. All Rights Reserved. Medium Oil on canvas By Paul C¨¦zanne
