self-portrait, 1875

•Biography

•Works

•Paul Cézanne’s traces in Aix-en-

Provence

•Followers and his influence on the art

•References

Paul Cézanne ( 1839- 1906)1839- 1862: The first steps

Paul Cézanne was born in Aix-en-Provence in thefamily of a banker. He had 2 yonger sisters.

In 1852 he entered the Bourbon school, where heobtained a liberal arts diploma with the grade “average”.There he met Émile Zola who became his best friend.

At the age of 23 despite family disputes Cezanne wentto Paris to enter the École des Beaux-Arts, but he failed.He returned to Aix-en-Provence, entered the Aix lawschool and then worked at his father’s bank.

1862-1872: Early influences

Paul Cézanne gave up his law studies and return to Paris.

He frequented the Louvre and he liked two French artists:Delacroix and Courbet who influenced his first paintings: darkcolors, heavy tones, thick textures.

During his stay, Paul Cézanne met Edouard Manet, ClaudeMonet and most notably the impressionist Camille Pissarrowho would prove to be the most significant influence on hisartistic development.

It was Pissarro advised him to use brighter hues and to paymore attention to scenes of farmland and rural village.Together they painted “en plein air”.

Édouard ManetClaude Monet

Camille Pissarro

1872-1895: Mature Period

In 1874-1877 Paul Cézanne took part in the first and in thethird impresionnist exhibits.

In 1866 after the publication of Émile Zola’s “L’œuvre”Cézanne parted ways with his childhood friend havingrecognized himself in the character of Claude Lantier, afailure of an artist.

During his last years Cézanne's painting became moredynamic, and his forms more fluid.

1872-1895: Mature Period

In 1895 The merchant Vollard organized in hisgallery the first individual exhibit devoted to Cézanne.

In 1904-1905 he exhibited at the Autumn Gallery.His work is finally recognized.

On October 15th, 1906, surprised by a storm whilepainting “The Cottage of M. Jourdan” in the Aixcountryside, he fell ill and several days after he died.

His technique in the early paintings is similarly romantic, often impassioned. His pictures reveal

a profound depth of feeling. Each painting seems ready to explode beyond its limits and surface.

Moreover, each seems to be the conception of an artist who could either be a madman or a

genius. He used dark colors, thick textures. They have a kind of a biblical spirit.

Portrait of a Man, 1866 The Magdalen, or Sorrow, 1869

Kidnaping, 1867

The Temptation of St. Antonius, 1867-1869

Cézanne was a contemporary of the Impressionists, but he went 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. Romantic and religious subjects began to

disappear from Cézanne's canvases. Under the influence of Pissarro he started using fresher,

more vibrant colors.

The Hanged Man's House, 1873 The Buffet, 1873-1877

Portrait of Victor Chocquet, 1878-1879

Poplars, 1879-1880

Working slowly and patiently, the painter transformed the restless power of his earlier years into the structuring of a pictorial language that would go on to impact nearly

every radical phase of 20th century art.New themes were brought to the front: landscapes, still lives and portraits seem to

spread out in all directions across the surface of the canvas, demanding the viewer's full attention.

Mont Sainte-Victoire seenfrom Bellevue, 1885

Gardanne, 1886Mont Sainte-Victoire,

1888-1890

Still Life, Drapery, Pitcher, and Fruit Bow,

1893-1894

Aix-en-Provence is famous for its rich history, magnificent buildings and wonderful

landscape. Moreover it is a native town of Paul Cézanne, a great painter, which makes this

place even more interesting..

Paul Cézanne had lived in this place almost all his life and had

left his trace in the history of Aix-en-Provence

Université Paul Cézanne Aix-Marseille

III, 1962

The University is composed of teaching

and research faculties. Its 42 recognized

research laboratories make it a centre of

international excellence in social and

natural sciences.

Atelier Cézanne à Aix en Provence, 1901

This is a place where a painter where a

painter spent several years of his life.

One of the significant influence of Paul Cézanne was that on

cubism.

He was not primarily interested in creating an illusion of depth in his painting and he abandoned the tradition of perspective drawing.He liked to flatten the space in his paintings to place more

emphasis on their surface - to stress the difference between a

painting and reality. He saw painting in more abstract terms as the

construction and arrangement of color on a two-dimensional

surface. It was this flat abstract approach that appealed

to the Cubists.

Conclusion

Paul Cézanne is an outstanding French painter. He devoted all his life to the

art. There were several periods in his life when he tried to search new ways of

painting and representing his feelings. His

Camille Pissarro was one of Paul Cézanne's biggest influences and after spending time with him in 1872 Cézanne started to work outdoors with a wider range of colors. Throughout his life Cézanne became more and more

influenced by nature and particularly the beauty of his home in Aix-en-

Provence. He wanted to capture the part of nature that was constant rather than

the surface beauty that changed with the seasons.

He did not belong to cubism, but he exerted significant influence on it.Paul Cézanne left a considerable trace in the art, following the aim of making

things concrete and giving them individuality.

Thank you for your attention

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