Amongst the most significant artists in history, Paul Cézanne inspired generations of modern artists and became the first of his generation to successfully secede from the Impressionist style. By emphasising arrangements of colour, and perceiving paintings in extreme abstract and geometric senses, Cezanne established the bridge between Impressionism and art of the twentieth century’s new inquest, Cubism. Cezanne directly inspired Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque in their Cubist experiments, the first movements of abstract style. This christened Cézanne as ‘the father of Modernism’. His work became a catalyst for the abstract art of the 20th century, and all who followed the Modernist movement – Picasso, Braque and Leger – were influenced by this style and each owe something to Cézanne.
Paul Cezanne, born in France in 1839, began oil painting from the early 1860s. His earlier work tended to be darker and very roughly painted, bearing little connection to the artist’s later style. Subject matter tended to including dreams and religious figures, …show more content…
Braque painted this work in honour of Cezanne following his death, and was heavily influenced by his style. The Viaduct can be seen throughout many of Cezanne paintings, as well as the same colour palettes and hatching brushwork which were used to create the Viaduct at L’Estaque; a place where Cezanne once lived himself. Within the painting, Braque establishes a distorted depth perception, as the figures in both the foreground and background seem to be ‘pushing forward’, making whole composition to seem almost two-dimensional. By reduction of the subject matter to geometric forms, Braque creates a ‘dissolution of form’ throughout the piece which later became a key quality of analytical cubism: in which there was no single viewpoint and geometric shapes, planes and collage made up the subject
Paul Cezanne, born in France in 1839, began oil painting from the early 1860s. His earlier work tended to be darker and very roughly painted, bearing little connection to the artist’s later style. Subject matter tended to including dreams and religious figures, …show more content…
Braque painted this work in honour of Cezanne following his death, and was heavily influenced by his style. The Viaduct can be seen throughout many of Cezanne paintings, as well as the same colour palettes and hatching brushwork which were used to create the Viaduct at L’Estaque; a place where Cezanne once lived himself. Within the painting, Braque establishes a distorted depth perception, as the figures in both the foreground and background seem to be ‘pushing forward’, making whole composition to seem almost two-dimensional. By reduction of the subject matter to geometric forms, Braque creates a ‘dissolution of form’ throughout the piece which later became a key quality of analytical cubism: in which there was no single viewpoint and geometric shapes, planes and collage made up the subject