Cezanne,+Paul

Paul Cezanne Cezanne was one of the most misunderstood painters of his time. He would be considered today as an Artist's Artist. This is away of saying that only other people involved with art would understand or even appreciate what he was attempting. Surely many artists such as Picasso understood the implications of Cezannes art in that Cubism owes a great deal to cezanne and how he believed art should look. First, it should have no illusions. Second, It was a creation on it's own terms and not a reproduction of the visual world or feelings from that world. Below are watercolors by Cezanne. They incorporate his principle of color and space and composing maybe better than his painting as, these were his ideas being worked out.

A cezanne watercolor landscape. Notice the use of shapes defines by contratsing line.

A study made by another artist Again shape defined by line. Notice also the layered color. Landscape, Cezanne would tend to define or explore through observation by using line first the layers of color. These were normally primary colors.

Landscape A study made ny S. Sieben A study from another artist. Notice layered transparent color. The famous Apples. This painting is oil on canvas. The color is still layered with brush strokes applied so that paint looks flat. Cezanne did many apples.