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Cézanne: Paris, Galeries nationales du Grand Palais, 25 septembre 1995-7 janvier 1996, Londres, Tate Gallery, 8 février-28 avril 1996, Philadelphie, ... of Art, 26 mai-18 août 1996
Book by Cezanne, Paul
599 pages, Hardcover
Published January 1, 1995
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Paul Cézanne
208 books31 followersPaul Cézanne (January 19, 1839 - October 22, 1906) was a French artist and Post-Impressionist painter.
His work laid the foundations of the transition from the 19th century conception of artistic endeavour to a new and radically different world of art in the 20th century.
Cézanne can be said to form the bridge between late 19th century Impressionism and the early 20th century's new line of artistic enquiry, Cubism. The line attributed to both Matisse and Picasso that Cézanne "is the father of us all" cannot be easily dismissed.
Cézanne's work demonstrates a mastery of design, colour, composition and draftsmanship. His often repetitive, sensitive and exploratory brushstrokes are highly characteristic and clearly recognizable. He used planes of colour and small brushstrokes that build up to form complex fields, at once both a direct expression of the sensations of the observing eye and an abstraction from observed nature. The paintings convey Cézanne's intense study of his subjects, a searching gaze and a dogged struggle to deal with the complexity of human visual perception.
His work laid the foundations of the transition from the 19th century conception of artistic endeavour to a new and radically different world of art in the 20th century.
Cézanne can be said to form the bridge between late 19th century Impressionism and the early 20th century's new line of artistic enquiry, Cubism. The line attributed to both Matisse and Picasso that Cézanne "is the father of us all" cannot be easily dismissed.
Cézanne's work demonstrates a mastery of design, colour, composition and draftsmanship. His often repetitive, sensitive and exploratory brushstrokes are highly characteristic and clearly recognizable. He used planes of colour and small brushstrokes that build up to form complex fields, at once both a direct expression of the sensations of the observing eye and an abstraction from observed nature. The paintings convey Cézanne's intense study of his subjects, a searching gaze and a dogged struggle to deal with the complexity of human visual perception.
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August 18, 2024
Read—cover to cover—for a rich, fulfilling experience. The book explores Cezanne’s entire life, work, and many offshoots to discover his times, his contemporaries, his family, and the cities and geographies of France where he traveled, stayed, and painted. The front of the book is a detailed collection of writings about Cezanne over his life and in the hundred years since his passing in 1906. It is very interesting to see him move from a widely derided artist, to someone who other famous artists worshipped, to his eventual position today as the father of modernism. Reading this took quite some effort over several weeks but my art history has improved significantly.
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