Paul Cezanne

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Paul Cezanne

• by
• Mrs. Slonneger

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Paul Cezanne

• Cezanne was the foremost artist in the abstract
  revolution of modern painting
• Although his early work was impressionist in
  style, he later tried to recreate nature by using
  geometric forms

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Timeline (1930 - 1906)

• Cezanne was a French painter, born in
  Aix-en-Provence
• He was a close friend of Emile Zola
• He went to Paris in 1861 where he met Pissarro,
  who greatly influenced him
• His mature work changed eventually to cubism
  where he used shapes to create landscapes

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Successes

• House of the Hanged Man (187374 Louvre)
• Mont Sainte-Victoire,188587, Phillips Coll.,
  Washington, D.C.),
• Still-lifes (e.g., The Kitchen Table, 188890,
  Louvre),
• figural groupings (e.g., The Card Players,
  189092 one version, S.C. Clark Coll., New York
  City).

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My Nomination to the Art History Hall of Fame

• I believe that Cezanne should be nominated to the
  Art History Hall of Fame because his influence on
  the course of modern art, specifically the
  development of cubism, is enormous.

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Sources

• Fact Monster Online Available
  http//www.factmonster.com/spot/artbio1.html.
  April 19, 2005.
• Global Gallery Online Available
  http//www.globalgallery.com/bios.html. April 19,
  2005.