The House of Dr. Gachet at Auvers, 1872–73
Oil on canvas, 24 x 20 in. (61.6 x 51.1 cm)
Collection of Mary C. and James W. Fosburgh, B.A. 1933, M.A. 1935
1979.14.8
Featured in this painting is the house of Dr. Paul Gachet (1828–1909), a homeopathic physician who was one of the earliest supporters of the Impressionists. Gachet would later be immortalized in Vincent van Gogh's Doctor Paul Gachet of 1890. To depict Gachet's house, Cézanne divided the painting into four compositional wedges of sky, road, trees, and houses—a rigorous structuring of the canvas used in his subsequent works. His additional interest in combining different points of view is evident in the head-on view of the house, juxtaposed with the upward tilt of the approaching road. A brightened palette and lively facture suggest the influence of Camille Pissarro, who introduced Cézanne to Impressionist technique while the two worked around Auvers from 1872 to 1874.
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