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The Negro Scipion is an early painting by Paul Cézanne. The painting depicts a model, Scipion, in Cézanne's studio. Scipion is portrayed with an elongated torso with a muscular back, accentuated by broad brushstrokes. Cézanne used a variety of colors to modulate the tone of Scipion's back. Art historians consider the painting to be among the strongest works of Cézanne's early career, as it surprised many visitors to Monet's studio in Giverny, including Louis Vauxcelles, who described it as a “striking masterpiece” and deemed it “worthy of Delacroix”.
Cézanne's studio Louis Vauxcelles Paul Cézanne