Cezanne and Pollock

Describing their new techniques/materials (practice)

Innovation in concepts, theories and intentions

Explore the significance of their work and the influence they had on other

artists (support with critical and historical quotes/comments.)

‘I want to make of Impressionism something soled and durable, like the art of

‘The source of my painting is the unconscious’ Jackson Pollock

Modernism is the revolutionary ideas and styles in art, architecture, and

literature that developed in the early 20th century as a reaction to traditional

forms. Both Cézanne and Pollock understood that although their art was turning

away from traditional forms, art is continuity. Never disregarding the Old

Master, Cézanne is said to be the father of modernism and Pollock the man who

brought art from Paris to America. These two men, both known as avant-garde

artists, one who’s aim in life was to paint fruit and avoid people, the other

who spent most of his time drunk, two great artists who revolutionised the art

world with their use of new material and techniques and with their ideas and

theories. Cézanne began as an Impressionist but soon

. . .
While Pollock is and was only famous for

four years of his work, it is Cézanne’s still lifes that stand out most for us,

he could put so much emotion and feeling into a couple of oranges, a pear, and

three apples next to a jug than an actually person. This

grew from his control of gesture. Pollock

also moved around his works stating On the floor I am more at ease. Cézanne liked to also sculpt his fruit with pure colours

preferring not mix the colours, and then juxtaposing the unmixed colours. Pollock believed in the importance of

the brushstroke and quality of the paint rather than the idea of imitating

reality. Pollock’s theory developed from the Jungian philosophy, which

asserts that certain myths and beliefs are repeated in different societies at

various times. It was this point that was Cézanne’s most drastic step

towards modernism, the collapsing of space. Although Cezanne never disregarded the Old Masters he

did defy some old rules of the art tradition that had come about during

Renaissance time. By using many different techniques Cézanne was able to create something so

simple that had been seen before but not in the same light as Cézanne painted

them. (Post-Impressionism: Cezanne,

Nineteenth Century Art, pg 478). Although

both believed in not imitating some of their admirers did just that and tried to

replicate what was already there. Cézanne sought reality in his own paintings while Pollock thought that

his reality was his painting. Making the

fruit look like it could roll of the table. And

the reality was that this was his life and he thoroughly believed that painting

was his life.

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