Paul Cezanne

Cezanne was born in Aix-en-Provence, France in 1839 and studied art in Paris. His early paintings are done in dark tones, but the influence of French Impressionist painter Camille Pissarro created a shift to painting in bright hues. While initially exhibiting with the Impressionists he later rejected their ideals and is today more associated with the Post-impressionists. Cezanne was obsessed with visual perception and his works usually show several different viewpoints. The critics were extremely harsh on his work and many debated Cezanne’s ability to manipulate nature’s light by the application of a single color. In his final years they began to fully appreciate his originality in color intensity and compositional organization. He lived most of his life in isolation and did not exhibit often, leaving many pieces unfinished and destroying many others. Cezanne had a great impact on art of the 20th century and is considered the father of modern art.

Paul Cezanne Images:
Apple and Oranges
Basin and Fountain
Big Trees
Blue Vase (Detail)
Dans La Vallee De L?Oise
Fruit and a Jug on a Table
Fruit and Jug
House of Piere Lacroix,1873
Houses At The Estaque
Lac d’Annecy
Landscape Near Aix, The River Plain of the Arc River
Landscape Of Riverbank
Le Lac d’ Annecy
Marseilles Bay
Sainte Victoire
Still Life (Vase with Fruit)
Still Life w/ Curtain, Pitcher, & Bowl of Fruit, 1893-94
Still Life with Apples and Oranges
Still Life With Onions And Bottle
Still Life With Peppermint Bottle
The Blue Vase
Vue de L’Estaque
Ward Four At Auvers