Paul Cezanne was an amazing and influential painter to Matisse, Picasso, and many other artists that would follow. Cezanne's work would nearly single-handedly help reign in the artistic era of Cubism, as both Picasso and Matisse became interested in and inspired by his painting The Bathers, which was exhibited in 1907 (The National Gallery, 2016). His work inspired Matisse so much that he would go on to say that Cezanne was, "...father of us all" (Harris & Zucker, n.d., p.1). Cezanne's is most well-known for his intense focus on form rather than lighting, color, or reflection like many of the painters of his time (Harris & Zucker, n.d.).
Matisse
Both the Large Bathers, and Matisse's Bonheur de Vivre, reach back to the inspiration of nature and outdoors, so popular in classical painting. Matisse’s painting is also very similar to Cezanne’s in both subject matter and in form with …show more content…
In both pictures, neither artist attempts to exemplify or perfectly recreate the human body. Instead they elongated or unstructured or unfinished or even seem to depict many angles at once. In essence, Picasso uses very impressionistic features that were also capitalized by Cezanne. Picasso's quite obviously shattered many molds from past art with Les Demoiselles d'Avignon. So much in fact, that some individuals feel this painting symbolized the true beginnings of modern art. While this is surely open up for debate, few would doubt that this painting was the precursor to Cubism, with the angular definitions of the women in the painting, the lack of depth, and the almost collage feel of the painting. You also get the impression that all figures are merged together and there is no on perspective point (Harris & Zucker,
Matisse
Both the Large Bathers, and Matisse's Bonheur de Vivre, reach back to the inspiration of nature and outdoors, so popular in classical painting. Matisse’s painting is also very similar to Cezanne’s in both subject matter and in form with …show more content…
In both pictures, neither artist attempts to exemplify or perfectly recreate the human body. Instead they elongated or unstructured or unfinished or even seem to depict many angles at once. In essence, Picasso uses very impressionistic features that were also capitalized by Cezanne. Picasso's quite obviously shattered many molds from past art with Les Demoiselles d'Avignon. So much in fact, that some individuals feel this painting symbolized the true beginnings of modern art. While this is surely open up for debate, few would doubt that this painting was the precursor to Cubism, with the angular definitions of the women in the painting, the lack of depth, and the almost collage feel of the painting. You also get the impression that all figures are merged together and there is no on perspective point (Harris & Zucker,