Title: The Eternal Feminine

Artist: Paul Cézanne

The Eternal Feminine About 1877 Paul Cézanne French, 1839–1906 Oil on canvas Staring with sightless eye sockets, this domineering woman—the Eternal Feminine—calmly holds court over a crowd of men fighting for her attention. None of the men represented here—musicians, wrestlers, a bishop, even the artist himself—can resist her temptation. Urgently hatched brush strokes and strong pictorial diagonals repeatedly lead the eye back to the central figure.