Paul Cézanne 1839-1906

In the second half of the 19th century, in the verdant countryside near Aix-en-Provence, Paul Cézanne (1839-1906) devoted himself to painting landscapes and still lifes that would become pillars of modern art.

With compact, intense brushstrokes and bold new approaches to light and space, Cézanne led the way from Impressionism to the defining movements of the early 20th century and became, in the words of Matisse and Picasso, "the father of us all".

This new introduction to the artist selects key works from Cézanne's oeuvre to understand his development, innovation and crucial influence on modern art.

From compositions of fruit and pears to scenes of bathers in the open air, we trace his experimentation with colour, perspective and texture to evoke "a harmony parallel to Nature", as well as the very process of seeing and recording.

Along the way, we discover Cézanne's celebrated Card Players, his layering of warm and cool tones to construct shapes and surfaces, and the geometric rigour of his landscapes around Aix-en-Provence, as bright with the light of southern France as they are bold with a radically new representation of dimension and depth.

• Pages: 96
• Language: English
• Author: Ulrike Becks-Malorny
• Year: 2016
• MODEL: 9783836530170

Publisher: Taschen