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Paul Cezanne, Two Sketchbooks: The Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Walter H. Annenberg to the Philadelphia Museum of Art
Exact reproductions of the pages of the two sketchbooks - blank pages and all - with notes about each sketch and its subject. The volume is the first publication of the sketchbooks as two coherent entities. It forms an intriguing examination of the exercises and ideas of a formidable master artist. A complete facsimile that is of immeasurable importance.
- GenresArtNonfiction
244 pages, Paperback
First published February 1, 1985
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Paul Cézanne
215 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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November 26, 2024
“The day is coming when a single carrot, freshly observed, will set off a revolution.”
-Paul Cézanne
-Paul Cézanne
May 23, 2008
A particular artist from a particular movement. One of the artists of Post-Impressionism.
March 18, 2010
The sketches in this volume are very slight. Apart from a couple of interesting self-portraits, there is not that much here.
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