January 19th
Paul Cézanne (US /seɪˈzæn/ or UK /sɨˈzæn/; French: [pɔl sezan]; 1839–1906) 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 can be said to form the bridge between late 19th-century Impressionism and the early 20th century's new line of artistic enquiry, Cubism. Both Matisse and Picasso are said to have remarked that Cézanne "is the father of us all."
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