Cézanne

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; Neglected and ridiculed during mast of hts liFcrinR\ Paul Cézanne is now regarded as prííhitbiy th- ^rv^ikc^r—and certainly the most influential— painter of the iast roo years'. Since his death in 1906, scarcely any major artist has been unaffected by some aspect of his work, and almost every important modern movement stems ultimately from him. The son of a rich Provençal, he was able to devote himself . entirely to art from his early twenties onwards—embarking ' on a lifelong struggle to express, as fiilly as possible, the underlying reality of,the visible world. After the violent Romanticism of his first phase ht became associated with the Impressiopists in the 1370s, Pissarro's liberating influence showing him that the key to his development lay in close contact with natiire. And yet, despite his avowed intention , of making something solid and durable of Impressionism, Cézanne created something totally different—a synthesis of ^ reality and abstraction, a... Tovább

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; Neglected and ridiculed during mast of hts liFcrinR\ Paul Cézanne is now regarded as prííhitbiy th- ^rv^ikc^r—and certainly the most influential— painter of the iast roo years'. Since his death in 1906, scarcely any major artist has been unaffected by some aspect of his work, and almost every important modern movement stems ultimately from him. The son of a rich Provençal, he was able to devote himself . entirely to art from his early twenties onwards—embarking ' on a lifelong struggle to express, as fiilly as possible, the underlying reality of,the visible world. After the violent Romanticism of his first phase ht became associated with the Impressiopists in the 1370s, Pissarro's liberating influence showing him that the key to his development lay in close contact with natiire. And yet, despite his avowed intention , of making something solid and durable of Impressionism, Cézanne created something totally different—a synthesis of ^ reality and abstraction, a geometrically; analysed world of forms which is nevertheless rooted in the world of nature. His life's work was crowned in the great landscapes, still lifes and portraits which he painted during the last twenty ; years of hi^ career. These masterpieces were the foundation of the árt of our time. X -
In-this biographical and critical study, Frank Elgar relates thé successive stages by which Cézanne gradually achieved his final mastery. His analyses of individual works are of the greatest interest and freshness, and he includes a valuable chapteron Cézanne's drawings and watercolours.
FRANK ELGAR has been the Director ofthe association 'Les Amis de l'Art' ; since 1952 and he is art critic for the periodicals Carrefour ^ ^ ' ' ^^ ^^ PtfW/V« Libéré. His first publication was Cinq Peintres
(1942) ^^^ he subsequently produced volumes on Ingres, . - Gauguin, Matisse, Miró and Picasso. Hé is the author of
^ . Van Gogi and Mondrian in 'The World of Art Library'. In
, : ' ; Cinquante années de découvertes^ published in 1950, he analysed
the general evolution of art during the first half of this ~ \ century. In 1956 René Huyghe commissioned him to write
the chapter on contemporary art for VArt et /'Homme, His - • work has the distinction of an exceptionally wide area of
' interest and knowledge and a totally independent point of . view. . -.V-' ¦
THAMES and HUDSON 30 bioomsbury Street London V; 1
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