Paul C茅zanne: The Card Players (Les Joueurs de cartes); Paul C茅zanne; 1890-1892; Oil on canvas; For much of the 1890s; Paul C茅zanne lived at his father's estate in Aix-en-Provence; painting the southern France landscape and the people who worked on the property. Here; C茅zanne shows a group of farmhands enjoying a game of cards鈥攐ne of five canvases he devoted to this subject. In this one; the largest and most ambitious of the series; C茅zanne gives these humble figures an imposing presence; depicting them on a scale usually reserved for grander subjects like history or mythology. His card players appear stoic and silent鈥攓uite unlike the rowdy figures in the 17th-century tavern scenes by which he was surely inspired.; Overall: 53 1/4 x 71 5/8 in. (135.3 x 181.9 cm)