Paul Cézanne sought a method of capturing the underlying structure of any subject matter. He eventually derived from a revolutionary new approach to color and to perspective.

Paul Gauguin was thirty-five when he made the momentous decision to abandon his lucrative career as a Paris stockbroker and devote himself full-time to painting.

Henri Toulouse-Lautrec was a tragic figure in art. His dissolute life spent in brothels and nightclubs of late 19th century Paris provided the subject matter for his finest work.