Paul Cezanne

1839-1906
French
“ Post-Impressionist”
Sandy Fitzgerald
June 5, 2015
Self
portrait
Self
portrait
1866

Dominique Aubert
Paul Cezanne’s uncle
Cezanne painted a variety of
subjects

• Portraits, People
• Still Lifes
• Landscapes
Cezanne
was 27
when he
painted this
portrait of
his father
Cezanne’s
wife,
Hortense
Fiquet
Madame
Cezanne
Madame
Cezanne
Portrait of Ambroise
Vollard,
Cezanne’s Art Dealer
1899
 Painting Styles
• Impressionism, 1860s
• Post-Impressionism, 1880s
– CEZANNE!
• After Cezanne: Cubism, Modern Art,
Abstract Art, as of early 1900s
– Cezanne, “Father or Modern Art”

cubism
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 Pissarro and Cezanne
Louveciennes
1872
Same scene, very similar styles, “impressionistic”

Impressionism: like a snapshot,

realistic scenes, softer edges,
many small thin unblended brushstrokes,
included depiction of light and movement.
often paintings were of the outdoors.

Pissarro, above

Cezanne, right
 Right, Cezanne
Post - Impressionist
L'Hermitage at Pontoise
1881
Below, Pissarro,
Impressionist
Gardens at L'Hermitage
1867

Same scene, but see how Cezanne

was branching off into more
geometric forms and bolder colors

Post-impressionism: focused more on

shapes and architectural elements,
more vivid colors, thick paint and
distinct brushstrokes, analyzed the
subject from different directions
See how his style changed.
 The movement away from impressionism
paved the way for the development of modern art

Picasso, “Cubism”, early 1900s

Cezanne

Modern art, based largely on the emotions and

concepts of the individual artist.
A note about COLOR:

Cézanne understood
that when
complementary colors
like
RED and GREEN

(found on opposite
sides of the color
wheel) 

are placed adjacently in

a painting, they
became more intense.
 
Portrait of Ambroise
Vollard,
Cezanne’s Art Dealer
1899
 Still Life with Seven Apples

Postimpressionist paintings were often done

in a studio to allow for a slower, methodical,
analytical process