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CEZANNE PAUL
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Paul Cezanne
(Aix en Provence 1839-1906)
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Cèzanne: (1839-1906), was a French painter who created a style of
composition that changed the course of art. Cubism Cèzanne
paintings led to the development of cubism and much abstract art. During
the 500 years before Cézanne, most artists believed that a painting
should show the world realistically. They therefore tried to create the
illusions of atmosphere, light, mass, space, and texture as these
elements appear in nature. But Cézanne felt that a painting should
reflect the artist's sensations or impressions, which are translated
into pictorial form through brushstrokes, color, and line. His
paintings. In his paintings, Cézanne made no attempt to tell a story
or express a point of view. He even avoided the suggestion of mood or
atmosphere. Cézanne deliberately distorted the natural appearance of his
subject matter in an effort to create a more forceful, exciting
composition. However, Cézanne never totally rejected recognizable
subjects matter. His paintings, particularly his last works, seem midway
between realistic representation of nature and abstraction. The Mont
Sainte-Victoire shows the feeling for depth and the attention to form
that appear in Cezanne's landscapes. His life Cézanne was born in
Aix-en-Provence and lived there most of his life. His father was a
banker and wanted him to become a lawyer. But Cézanne was determinated
to become a painter. He had some art training, but was basically
self-taught. His first works were dark and crudely drawn. They dealt
largely with sexual themes based on Italian paintings of the 1500's and
the works of the French artist Eugène Delacroix. About 1872, Cézanne
fell under the influence of the French impressionist painters,
particularly Camille Pissarro. Cézanne's House of the Hanged Man (1873)
is characteristic of his rather solemn approach to the light-hearted,
spontaneous impressionist style.
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The exhibitions
Cézanne mastered his art from the 1880's to about 1900. He painted most
of his best-known pictures during this period. They include views of
Mont Sainte Victoire and of the bay of l'Estaque in Provence, many
outstanding portraits and still lifes, pictures of bathers. Cézanne work
attracted little attention during his life. His work receive much
criticism from other artists, critics, and the public, and he became a
rather solitary person. A year after Cezanne's death, a large exhibition
of his paintings was held in Paris. The exhibition had great impact on
many leading painters of the 1900's, including Georges Braque, Fernand
Léger, Henry Matisse, and Pablo Picasso.
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The Cézanne's works of art
§ "Mont Sainte-Victoire" 1929 The metropolitan Museum of Art
New York City, The H. O. Havemeyer Collection
§ "Portrait of the Artist's Father" c. 1866 oil on canvas
National Gallery of Art Washington
§ "The Clock-maker" 1900
§ "The Abduction" 1867 oil on canvas Fitzwilliam Museum
Cambridge
§ "A Modern Olympia" c. 1873-74 oil on canvas Musée d'Orsay
Paris
§ "Hortense Fiquet in a Striped Skirt" 1877-78 oil on canvas
Museum of Fine Arts Boston
§ "The peasant" c. 1891 oil on canvas Private collection
§ "Boy in a Red Vest" 1888-90 oil on canvas The Barnes
Foundation Merion Pennsylvania
§ "Woman in a Red-Striped dress" 1892-96 oil on canvas The
Barnes Foundation Merion Pennsylvania
§ "Compotier, Pitcher, and Fruit (nature morte)
1892-94 oil on canvas The Barnes Foundation Merion
Pennsylvania
§ "Study: Landscape at Auvers" c. 1873 oil on canvas
Philadelphia Museum of Art
§ "The pool" c. 1876 oil on canvas The Hermitage St.
Petersburg Formerly collection Otto Krebs Holzdorf
§ "Bathers" c. 1890-91 oil on canvas The Hermitage, St.
Petersburg Formerly collection Otto Krebs Holzdorf
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