Paul Cézanne
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+ | "The landscape thinks itself in me, and I am its consciousness."--[[Paul Cézanne ]] cited in ''[[Sense and Non-Sense]]'' (1948) by Maurice Merleau-Ponty | ||
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+ | "The tang of the town is not in [[Paul Cézanne|Cezanne]]’s portraits of places. His leaden landscapes do not arouse to spontaneous activity a jaded retina fed on [[Fortuny]], [[Monticelli]] or [[Monet]]." --[[James Huneker]] cited in [https://archive.org/stream/jstor-25587466/25587466_djvu.txt] | ||
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- | '''Paul Cézanne''' ([[January 19]], [[1839]] – [[October 22]], [[1906]]) was a [[France|French]] [[artist]] and [[Post-Impressionist]] [[painter]] whose 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|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. | + | '''Paul Cézanne''' (19 January 1839 – 22 October 1906)<!--full dates in box, per MOS--> was a [[French artist]] and [[Post-Impressionist]] painter whose 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's often repetitive, exploratory brushstrokes are highly characteristic and clearly recognizable. He used planes of colour and small brushstrokes that build up to form complex fields. The paintings convey Cézanne's intense study of his subjects. |
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+ | Cézanne's explorations of geometric simplification and optical phenomena inspired [[Pablo Picasso|Picasso]], [[Georges Braque|Braque]], [[Jean Metzinger|Metzinger]], [[Albert Gleizes|Gleizes]], [[Juan Gris|Gris]] and others to experiment with ever more complex views of the same subject and eventually to the fracturing of form. Cézanne thus sparked one of the most revolutionary areas of artistic enquiry of the 20th century, one which was to affect profoundly the development of [[modern art]]. Picasso referred to Cézanne as "the father of us all" and claimed him as "my one and only master!" Other painters such as [[Edgar Degas]], [[Pierre-Auguste Renoir]], [[Paul Gauguin]], [[Kasimir Malevich]], [[Georges Rouault]], [[Paul Klee]], and [[Henri Matisse]] acknowledged Cézanne's genius. | ||
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+ | [[Maurice Merleau-Ponty]] wrote "[[Cézanne's Doubt]]" (1945). | ||
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+ | ==See also== | ||
+ | * [[List of paintings by Paul Cézanne]] | ||
+ | * [[Cézanne (typeface)]] | ||
+ | * [[The Bathers (Cézanne)]] | ||
+ | * [[Post-Impressionism]] | ||
+ | * [[Marie-Hortense Fiquet]] | ||
- | Cézanne's work demonstrates a mastery of design, colour, composition and draftsmanship. His often repetitive, sensitive and exploratory brushstrokes are highly characteristic and clearly recognisable. Using 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, Cézanne's paintings convey 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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"The landscape thinks itself in me, and I am its consciousness."--Paul Cézanne cited in Sense and Non-Sense (1948) by Maurice Merleau-Ponty In French: "Le paysage [...] se pense en moi et je suis sa conscience" "The tang of the town is not in Cezanne’s portraits of places. His leaden landscapes do not arouse to spontaneous activity a jaded retina fed on Fortuny, Monticelli or Monet." --James Huneker cited in [1] |
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Paul Cézanne (19 January 1839 – 22 October 1906) was a French artist and Post-Impressionist painter whose 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's often repetitive, exploratory brushstrokes are highly characteristic and clearly recognizable. He used planes of colour and small brushstrokes that build up to form complex fields. The paintings convey Cézanne's intense study of his subjects.
Cézanne's explorations of geometric simplification and optical phenomena inspired Picasso, Braque, Metzinger, Gleizes, Gris and others to experiment with ever more complex views of the same subject and eventually to the fracturing of form. Cézanne thus sparked one of the most revolutionary areas of artistic enquiry of the 20th century, one which was to affect profoundly the development of modern art. Picasso referred to Cézanne as "the father of us all" and claimed him as "my one and only master!" Other painters such as Edgar Degas, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Paul Gauguin, Kasimir Malevich, Georges Rouault, Paul Klee, and Henri Matisse acknowledged Cézanne's genius.
Maurice Merleau-Ponty wrote "Cézanne's Doubt" (1945).
See also
- List of paintings by Paul Cézanne
- Cézanne (typeface)
- The Bathers (Cézanne)
- Post-Impressionism
- Marie-Hortense Fiquet