Cézanne once said, “Monet is only an eye, but good God, what an eye.” Post-Impressionism is a clear continuation of Impressionism whereby it borrowed many of the techniques from Impressionism but added more formalism and emotion to the works while not being as concerned with the effects of light. I would like to now compare Claude Monet's 1879 painting Vétheuil in the Fog, as an example of Impressionism, and Paul Cézanne's 1904 painting Le Château Noir, as an example of post-Impressionism, to illustrate the differences between these two similar but distinctive styles. The two paintings are both landscapes and have a very different look due to each artists vision. Monet and Cézanne's different use of color, brush strokes and overall composition
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Cézanne also uses dark lines to better define objects in his work whereas Monet hardly defines any objects in his work. Monet seems more focused on the light and the accurate depiction of its changing qualities.
The two artists different use of color was not there only difference. Monet liked to use small short brush strokes while Cézanne used large flat brush strokes, but both used impasto. These two techniques produce different effects for example the longer strokes of Cézanne hint at more emotion.
While they may have had impasto in common, Cézanne's respect of formalism is evident in many of his works when compared to Monet. People have said of Monet that he, “carried the image in his mind before he actually painted it.” He would then express it by using pure colors and short brush strokes. This is in contrast to Cézanne's more formal approach where he used more mechanical and uniform techniques which he used as a way to reduce nature to simple forms, although at time he would purposefully distort objects in his paintings. Cézanne once stated that, “I want to make Impressionism solid and durable like the art of the museums.” Whereas Monet did not seem to care much about pleasing the art critics of the period focusing on his own artistic
Cézanne also uses dark lines to better define objects in his work whereas Monet hardly defines any objects in his work. Monet seems more focused on the light and the accurate depiction of its changing qualities.
The two artists different use of color was not there only difference. Monet liked to use small short brush strokes while Cézanne used large flat brush strokes, but both used impasto. These two techniques produce different effects for example the longer strokes of Cézanne hint at more emotion.
While they may have had impasto in common, Cézanne's respect of formalism is evident in many of his works when compared to Monet. People have said of Monet that he, “carried the image in his mind before he actually painted it.” He would then express it by using pure colors and short brush strokes. This is in contrast to Cézanne's more formal approach where he used more mechanical and uniform techniques which he used as a way to reduce nature to simple forms, although at time he would purposefully distort objects in his paintings. Cézanne once stated that, “I want to make Impressionism solid and durable like the art of the museums.” Whereas Monet did not seem to care much about pleasing the art critics of the period focusing on his own artistic