Cezanne

A detailed Summary of Cezanne

Cezanne was born at Aix-en-Provence in the south of France on January 19, 1839. Cezanne developed artistic interests at an early age. His father was a common laborer then became a hatter and, eventually, a successful wealthy banker. He had high expectations for Paul and would never fully accept the notion of his son becoming an artist. Sadly, his father died before realizing the extraordinary accomplishments his son had achieved. He went to school in Aix, forming a close childhood friendship with the future novelist Emile Zola. From 1852 to 1858, young Cezanne studied humanities at the College Bourbon in Aix. Cezanne pursued his education, studying law in Aix from 1859 to 1861; however, his interest and love for the arts would not subside and he continued attending drawing classes. Although Cezanne knew he was going against his father's wishes, he would not be detoured from his dream. Therefore, in 1861, he told his father that he was going to be an artist; furthermore, he was going to join Zola in Paris. His father's never really approved of his decision but eventually agreed to give him financial support. Later, Cezanne received an inheritance

Cezanne remained an outsider to the major artist circle of Paris. From 1864 to 1869, he submitted his work to the official SALON, but the pieces were continually rejected. His works were extremely personal in character, dealing with bizarre subjects of disturbance and fantasy in austere, somber colors and profound intense compositions. The years from 1865 to 1870 are often regarded as Cezanne's early romantic period. He met Camille Pissarro, with whom he painted outside Paris at Auvers, and through her became a part of the impressionist group. Cezanne's life was one of isolation; he had few friends and rarely exhibited his work. He married and had a son, but still was isolated. However, he would participate in their exhibits in 1874 and again in 1877. In the early 1870s, he assimilated the ideals of color and natural light of Impressionism and relaxed his brushwork; yet he retained his own sense of mass and the interaction of space, as in House of the Hanged Man. In the late 1870s, Cezanne entered the phase known as ``constructive.'' Cezanne was a contemporary of the impressionists. He knew had to lay on canvas the true qualities of space, mass, and color that lay within himself. He ventured beyond their interests in the individual brushstroke and the fall of light onto objects, to create, in his words, ``something more solid and durable, like the art of the museums.''

. Cezanne's also painted may Bather themes. He portrayed women, usually with their backs towards the viewer, as pyramidal groups. Men were

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