Paul Cezanne
Paul Cezanne
Paul Cézannewas a French artist and Post-Impressionist painter whose work laid the foundations of the transition from the 19th-century conception of artistic endeavour to a new and radically different world of art in the 20th century. Cézanne's often repetitive, exploratory brushstrokes are highly characteristic and clearly recognizable. He used planes of colour and small brushstrokes that build up to form complex fields. The paintings convey Cézanne's intense study of his subjects...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionPainter
Date of Birth19 January 1839
CityAix-en-Provence, France
CountryFrance
I have to keep working, not to arrive at finish, which arouses the admiration of fools... I must seek completion only for the pleasure of being truer and more knowing.
It's not just about looking and copying, it's about feeling too
The painter unfolds that which has not been seen.
If I think, everything is lost.
When I judge art, I take my painting and put it next to a God made object like a tree or flower. If it clashes, it is not art.
Long live the sun which gives us such beautiful color.
I want to die painting.
You have to hurry up if you want to see something, everything disappears.
The day is coming when a single carrot, freshly observed, will set off a revolution.
Painting is damned difficult - you always think you've got it, but you haven't.
A work of art which did not begin in emotion is not art.
The most seductive thing about art is the personality of the artist himself.
Light is a thing that cannot be reproduced, but must be represented by something else - by color.
The artist makes things concrete and gives them individuality.