Paul Cézanne was a French Post-Impressionist painter whose work introduced new modes of representation, influenced avant-garde artistic movements of the early 20th century and formed the bridge between late 19th-century Impressionism and early 20th-century Cubism. January 19, 1839 – October 22, 1906; died at 67. Alive at the same time as Adolf Hitler, Albert Einstein, Karl Marx, Leo Tolstoy, and Frédéric Chopin. Wiki link