Cezanne
Kathryn Dixon
- 96 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
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Cezanne
Kathryn Dixon
About This Book
Paul CĂ©zanne, a French artist and Post-Impressionist painter, was an important catalyst to the transition from the 19th-century conception of artistic endeavor to the modern and radically different world of art that emerged full bore in the 20th century. CĂ©zanne successfully melded the structural impulse of Classicism with the color and emotion of Romanticism, inspiring the generations of artists who followed him to see and portray the world in a more abstract manner. Unusual for an artist, CĂ©zanne rotated his attention relatively equally throughout his career among portrait painting, figure painting, still lifes, and landscapes. As with all things, CĂ©zanne adopted his own approach to painting a still life. Many of his still lifes contain optical contradictions and distortions. The landscapes of CĂ©zanne emphasize the structure and form of nature and its elements' relationships in space, while de-emphasizing the more minor details of the scene. Not until the end of his life and careerâjust 10 years before his death in 1906âdid CĂ©zanne gain the recognition he enjoys today as a truly talented and cutting-edge man of the arts. When CĂ©zanne was finally embraced by the public and the art critics, many younger artists traveled to Aix-en-Provence in the south of France to observe CĂ©zanne at work. CĂ©zanne's advice to his young admirers was to engage in their own artistic endeavor and to find their unique style rather than to replicate his.