In the fate of Paul Cezanne, the genius of the artist and the quality of the personality of an outstanding, outstanding person happily coincided. But this did not bring recognition and happiness to the artist himself, and he avoided persecution and complete poverty, only thanks to the wealth of his parents. His lot during his lifetime was ridicule and loneliness. At the same time, he managed to reveal his talent so fully that his work allowed many significant picturesque directions of the 20th century to appear and take shape. The organic and peculiar unity of nuances and style features that later developed in the works of Picasso, Konchalovsky, Lentulov was even called "Sezannism," in confirmation of the merits of the great Master.