Head of a Boy Seen from Behind
c. 1885
Paul Cézanne’s quick, energetic sketch captures the back of a young boy's head with a raw charm that perfectly highlights his Post-Impressionist style. Instead of smooth, polished lines, he uses rough, hatched strokes to build the volume of the neck and the curve of the ear, treating the drawing like a structural puzzle. Created around 1885, this study reveals how the 'father of modern art' obsessively searched for underlying geometry in everyday subjects, proving that sometimes the back of someone's head tells a much more interesting story than their face!
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