Paul Cezanne

Cézanne worked with and was greatly influenced by other Impressionists he associated with, including Degas, Monet, Pissarro and Renoir. It was Pissarro who guided Céza

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He would perfect the design in his works by distorting objects and having multiple viewpoints on the same object. In this painting, a great deal of white remains, there is no build up of colour as in his earlier works and it appears that in some sections, Cézanne abandoned his normal brush strokes in favour of swirls.

. He took advantage of how 'warm' colours (reds and oranges) and 'cool' colours (blues and greens) draw the eye closer or push it away. The boulders in the foreground demonstrate Cézanne's use of planes; the areas that protrude are in blocks of red, whereas the areas that are sunken in are in blocks of orange or yellow, giving the impression that it has many faces. However, even from the beginning, Cézanne showed aspects of Abstract and Cubism in his works. Cézanne also admired Romantic painter, Eugène Delacroix, who used colour instead of lines to define objects; this inspired him to endeavour his quest for composition using colour alone.

Cézanne would create a 3D effect in his works by giving each object many planes he would add to this effect with his vast use of colours. "Jardin Des Lauves" (1906), was an example of this carelessness, which almost seems incomplete or rushed, it was as if he struggled to finish before death got the better of him. nne and convinced him to break up the colour and use shorter brush strokes when painting; among Cézanne's friends, Pissorro was the only one patient enough to teach him. He did not have the same attraction towards light as did many Impressionist, he believed that the structure of objects should be portrayed through colour, not light, "I seek to render perspective only through colour". Many aspects of Cézanne's early works can be traced back to the compositions of Delacroix's works. It was for this reason that Cézanne was not only the leading Post Impressionist, but he paved the way for the further creation of Abstract and Cubism.

Cézanne strived to add form to Impressionism therefore he strayed from his peers, whom he believed lacked composition in their works. In "Still Life with Apples and Peaches" (1905), the table is seen from two different sides, as well as from above and some of the objects on the table are viewed front on, while others are viewed from above.

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