The Forest

This landscape of a forest is by Post-Impressionist Paul Cézanne and was completed around 1890-1892. The forest is brightly lit and lush with green grass and full trees. This painting is one of eight Cézannes bequeathed by Charles A. Loeser after his death in 1928 to the President of the United States and all his future successors. Though prolific during his lifetime, Cézanne's art did not receive much recognition or acclaim until after his death, when his influence was cited by younger artists such as Henri Matisse and Pablo Picasso who moved away from the Impressionist style into new and different modes of painting.