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# Ugliest (and Earliest) Cezanne Ever Found
- URL: https://hyperallergic.com/ugly-cezanne/
- Published: 2011-03-25T22:46:19.000Z
- Updated: 2025-11-24T16:19:37.000Z
- Description: Ok, some dude buys a painting cuz he likes the frame, turns out it may be Post-Impressionist super-painter Paul Cezanne's earliest painting eva — he would've been a 15 year old art student at the time. Now that people think it's a Cezanne it may be worth £40million. But wait, it's pretty fugly. Disc
- Author: Hrag Vartanian
- Tags: Opinion, #image-position-hidden, Paul Cezanne, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2025-11-17 09:23 (2009-2011)

[![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/51/f8/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a/content/images/hyperallergic-newspack-s3-amazonaws-com/uploads/2011/03/uglycezanne.jpg "uglycezanne")](http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1369520/Cezanne-painting-worth-40m-bought-man-liked-frame.html?ref=hyperallergic.com)

Ok, some dude buys a painting for £100 cuz he likes the frame, turns out it may be Post-Impressionist super-painter Paul Cezanne’s earliest painting eva — he would’ve been a 15 year old art student at the time.

Now that people think it’s a Cezanne it may be worth £40million. But wait, it’s pretty fugly. Discuss. \[[*Daily Mail*](http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1369520/Cezanne-painting-worth-40m-bought-man-liked-frame.html?ref=hyperallergic.com)\]

*Note: The twitterrati has spoke, they think this Cezanne looks more like a painting by Sunday painter par excellence* [*Bob Ross*](http://twitter.com/parkview/statuses/51416997107482624?ref=hyperallergic.com) *or the “Master” (bleh) of light,* [*Thomas Kinkade*](http://twitter.com/SizzleMel/statuses/51421515652153344?ref=hyperallergic.com) *… on the bright side, at least art historians will now know who to cite as their artistic source.*