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    Paul Cezanne (1839-1906) was a French painter and post-impressionist artist. He had a significant influence on 20th century painting and modern artists through his unique style of using color and tone to create form. Early in his career, Cezanne painted in darker tones and thicker layers of paint, as seen in his 1866 painting "Dominique Aubert." Later, encouraged by Camille Pissarro, he began painting outdoors with brighter colors and looser brushwork, as shown in his 1875 painting "Bathers." By 1890, Cezanne had further refined his technique, using muted color gradations to depict form without lines, as displayed in "Still Life with Apples and a

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    Paul Cezanne (1839-1906) was a French painter and post-impressionist artist. He had a significant influence on 20th century painting and modern artists through his unique style of using color and tone to create form. Early in his career, Cezanne painted in darker tones and thicker layers of paint, as seen in his 1866 painting "Dominique Aubert." Later, encouraged by Camille Pissarro, he began painting outdoors with brighter colors and looser brushwork, as shown in his 1875 painting "Bathers." By 1890, Cezanne had further refined his technique, using muted color gradations to depict form without lines, as displayed in "Still Life with Apples and a

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    Paul Cezanne

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    Paul Cezanne (January 19th 1839 October 22nd 1906) was a French painter,
    and post-impressionist artist. Cezanne is one of the most influential artists in the
    history of 20th Century painting. Cezanne has inspired generations of modern
    artists. His unique style and methods of creating form with colour and tone,
    influenced Cubism and Fauvists, and generations of Avant-garde artists.
    Cezanne's early pictures of romantic and classical subjects are embedded with
    dark colours and executed with a method of brushwork used also by Eugene
    Delacroix. Tonal contrasts and thick layers of paint show the vigor with which
    Cezanne would paint. However, he would eventually abandon the dark tones he
    used in place of brighter colours, and began painting plein air , which he was
    encouraged to do by the Impressionist painter Camille Pissaro, whom he knew.

    Dominique Aubert
    1866 Paul Cezanne
    Oil On Canvas

    This painting shows the early colour and tonal values of Cezanne's work, the
    tones are earthy, natural and dark, with an almost macabre feel to them, there
    isn't much of a hue to any of the colours, and the background is a bland earthtone. The focus is much more on the model (his uncle, Dominique), which

    explains the dark tonal values of the background. The painting seems to have
    the texture of a rock face or wall, which is due to the fact that the work was
    created using strokes with a palette knife, which generally gives this texture to
    paintings, especially as it was created using oil paints, which dry to a coarse
    texture. The term romantic also comes to mind when describing the tonal and
    colour values of the piece. I feel this mainly because the colours used are dark
    and rich, yet somehow gentle and un-imposing, and this is something that I
    artistically would relate to romance.

    Bathers
    Paul Cezanne 1875
    Oil on Canvas

    In this piece you can see the difference in tonal values, as this piece has a much
    more cheerful an bright feel to it compared to the last painting. The textured
    effect still remains though as this piece is still in oil paints. This piece was
    painted plein air by Cezanne, although the people in this painting were drawn
    completely from his imagination, as Cezanne never drew nudes outside.
    Cezanned used his imagination a lot when creating some of his later works, as
    one thing that was radically different about his work historically, was that he
    didn't use models or real life objects regularly, instead opting to use his

    imagination, he also didn't use things such as single perspective, that was
    common in Impressionist painting.

    Still Life with Apples and a Pot of Primroses


    1890 Oil on Canvas

    Now, here you can really see the evolution and improvement of Cezzanes
    technique, he has broken away from his thickly-encrusted canvases and aimed
    for a much smoother, muted and realistic look. He has disgarded the contrast of
    light and dark tones within his work, opting for a balanced piece. This piece has
    a new regard and attention to the illusion of form and dimension. The forms in
    this painting are created solely from colour, there is no line within this piece.
    Cezanne is and was known for using solely colour in his works, and creating
    scenes with somehow accurate but distorted space. You can see on the apples
    and the cloth that he has paid particular attention to the subtle gradations of
    colour, slowly building form with each stroke.

    Paul Cezzane still remains to be one of the most well known Post-impressionist
    painters, who paved the way an inspired movements such as Cubsim and
    Fauvism. His work is a great example of how an artist must experiment to
    improve his or her technique, and how art can evolve and take on new
    standards. His work is also a great example of how to create depth, light and
    form with colour, and that you do not always need measurements and perfect
    perspective to make something look realistic.

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