Cezanne

This style is evident in one of my favorite paintings by Cezanne titled Route devant la Montagne Sainte-Victoire, completed in 1902. The painting is part of a series Cezanne did between 1882 and 1906, which according to an online art magazine, contained some of “the greatest landscapes ever painted.” (Fernández) The view in this painting is of a mountain in France that is surrounded by forests. When looking at this painting the vivid colors and soft airy textures creates a positive aura. In addition, there is a contrasting tension between the cool blue of the mountain and sky with the orange, red and green landscape as well as the shadows which are violet. Since the blue sky and the orange landscape are complimentary to each other it creates …show more content…
Objects like the trees, occasional architecture and hills are painted in simple geometric form however the complex amount of thickly layered brushstrokes create texture and depth. Cezanne aimed to portray the spatial and color relations visible in his motif as it was to construct a closely integrated, independent painting. Rather then seeing this piece as single brushstrokes, he wanted viewers to see the painting as a whole landscape, as if we were seeing how he perceived the landscape rather then how it actually was. The choice of color palette in Cézanne’s paintings also varied in regards to how he was feeling that day or a memory in regards to the location. The “physical landscape that motivates him to paint, suggests a range of possible treatments and serves as the standard by which the work is judged as it progresses.” (Loran 1) This is evident in another painting done by Cezanne in 1904 which is also part of the series he did of Mont