Paul Cezanne

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Paul Cezanne The Still Life

• Grade 4

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• Paul Cezanne was born in the south of France.
• To show his love for nature, he painted things in
  a way that had never been seen before.
• Paul shocked people with his new ideas and
  changed the history of art forever!

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• One reason people were shocked with his art was
  that they thought his paintings looked too flat.
  They were used to paintings that showed lots of
  perspectivethe feeling of distance and space
  like in the painting to the right.

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• Paul thought that since the surface of a painting
  was flat, it made sense to paint objects so that
  they fit better on a flat surface. He didnt
  think perspective was always necessary to show
  the beauty of nature.

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Which style do you prefer?
Mont Sainte Victoire Seen from the Bibemus
Quarry, Paul Cezanne
A View near Volterra, by Jean-Baptist-Camille
Corot
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Early Cubism?

• Sometimes Paul would show several different views
  in one painting! In Still Life with Fruit
  Basket, you can see the side of the fruit basket
  at the same time youre looking at the top of the
  ginger jar next to it.

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Color

• Paul also used lots of color, building up shapes
  and objects to make them feel solid. In some of
  his paintings, even the people seem like theyre
  chiseled out of stone or carved out of clay.
  Using colors this way was another new idea of
  Pauls.

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The Impressionists

• As a young man, Paul studied art in Paris. This
  is where he met Claude Monet. He and Claude
  became good friends. Claude was also looking for
  new ways to picture things.
• They told Paul how much more fun it was to paint
  outdoors than to work in a dark, stuffy studio.

The Poppy Field, by Claude Monet
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• The Impressionists invited Paul to join them in
  an exhibit they were having. Paul agreed, even
  though he really didnt paint their way.
• The Impressionists were interested in capturing a
  moment of time during the day in their paintings.
  They used feathery brush strokes and lots of
  color.

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The Still Life

• Paul Cezanne always worked very slowly and
  carefully. He made his art dealer sit 115 times
  for the portrait above! Paul insisted that he
  sit perfectly still, and had a fit if he moved
  even an inch!

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• Paul is probably best known for his still-life
  paintings.

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A still life is an arrangement of fruit, flowers,
food or assorted objects.
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More Still Lifes!
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Attention to Detail

• Paul Cezanne gave as much attention to the
  backgrounds and space around objects in his
  paintings as he did to the main subject.

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The End!