The Battle of Love, I, c.1879/80 Paul Cezanne (1839-1906)

We create our paintings with museum quality and covering the highest academic standards. Once we get your order, it will be entirely hand-painted with oil on canvas. All the materials we use are the highest level, being totally artist graded painting materials and linen canvas.

We will add 1.6" (4 cm) additional blank canvas all over the painting for stretching.

High quality and detailing in every inch are time consuming. The reproduction of Paul Cezanne also needs time to dry in order to be completely ready for shipping, as this is crucial to not be damaged during transportation.
Based on the size, level of detail and complexity we need 8-9 weeks to complete the process.

In case the delivery date needs to be extended in time, or we are overloaded with requests, there will be an email sent to you sharing the new timelines of production and delivery.

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We not stretch and frame our oil paintings due to several reasons:
Painting reproduction is a high quality expensive product, which we cannot risk to damage by sending it being stretched.
Also, there are postal restrictions, regarding the size of the shipment.
Additionally, due to the dimensions of the stretched canvas, the shipment price may exceed the price of the product itself.

You can stretch and frame your painting in your local frame-shop.

Once the painting The Battle of Love, I is ready and dry, it will be shipped to your delivery address. The canvas will be rolled-up in a secure postal tube.

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The paintings we create are only of museum quality. Our academy graduated artists will never allow a compromise in the quality and detail of the ordered painting. TOPofART do not work, and will never allow ourselves to work with low quality studios from the Far East. We are based in Europe, and quality is our highest priority.

Paul Cézanne’s "The Battle of Love, I" (c. 1879-1880) is a striking exploration of human emotion through a classical subject, yet reframed in his distinctive post-impressionist style. The painting captures a chaotic and physical struggle between men and women set in a dream-like landscape that evokes mythological scenes, yet with a raw, earthy sensibility. The figures, rendered with broad, confident brushstrokes, twist and writhe in action, their forms both solid and transient as if caught between two worlds: the real and the imagined.

Cézanne's palette is a muted combination of cool blues, greens, and grays, punctuated by flashes of warmer tones in the figures’ flesh. There is a deliberate tension in the composition. On the left, figures appear to be reclining peacefully under the shade of trees, yet to the right, the action intensifies - bodies struggle, grapple, and intertwine with both aggression and desperation. The sky, with its puffy, cloud-laden backdrop, contrasts sharply with the dynamic energy of the figures. It hints at a sense of calm that the scene below disrupts.

The figures are not idealized, as one might expect in a more traditional portrayal of classical themes. Instead, Cézanne captures them with an almost sculptural roughness, emphasizing the physicality of their struggle. This painting feels less like a narrative tableau and more like a snapshot of an eternal conflict, suspended in time. Cézanne’s bold technique and rejection of fine details invite the viewer to engage with the emotional intensity of the scene rather than its specifics, creating an unsettling yet deeply captivating work.