In the latter half of the 19th century, in the verdant countryside near Aix-en-Provence, Paul C\u00e9zanne (1839\u20131906), busily plied his brush to landscapes and still lifes that would become anchors of modern art. With compact, intense dabs of paint and bold new approaches to light and space, he mediated the way from Impressionism to the defining movements of the early 20th century and became, in the words of both Matisse and Picasso, \u201cfather of us all.\u201d<\/p>\n
This fresh artist introduction selects key works from C\u00e9zanne\u2019s oevure to understand his development, innovation, and crucial influence on modern art. From compositions of fruits and pears to scenes of outdoor bathers, we trace his experimentation with color, perspective, and texture to evoke \u201ca harmony parallel to Nature,\u201d as well as the very process of seeing and recording.<\/p>\n
Along the way, we discover C\u00e9zanne\u2019s celebrated Card Players, his layering of warm and cool hues to build up form and surface, and the geometric rigor of his landscapes from the vicinity of Aix-en-Provence, as bright with the light of southern France as they are bold with a radical new rendering of dimensions and depth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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