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The House of the Hanged Dead (1873): The self-breakthrough of the Impressionist period This early work, in the Musée d'Orsay, documents the complex relationship between Cézanne and Impressionism, with sloping roofs and distorted perspectives still bearing expressionist traces, but the short brushstrokes have already revealed the rudiments of color analysis, and the blue-purple shades on the ochre walls foreshadow the later exploration of color structures, and the empty doors and windows in the painting are like missing answers, suggesting the artist's questioning of traditional painting rules.

May 2025