2 
Click to Favorite
Click to Add to playlist

Portrait of Madame Cezanne in a Red Dress

Paul Cézanne, c. 1890
$3.95
Become a member and get it free.

Paul Cézanne’s development of a new language of painting has led many to call him the father of Modernism. While his early work drew on the rich tonalities of Delacroix, by the 1870s Pissarro had encouraged Cézanne to paint outdoors using a brighter palette - Bathers (1874-5) was the result. However, unlike the Impressionists, his interest lay not in fleeting light effects, but rather in underlying structure. His still-lifes of the 1870s were made via his technique of ‘contructive brustrokes’. Form was depicted not through light and shadow, but rather planes of colour. He also broke with the tradition of single-point perspective through the use of distortions. The 1880s saw Cézanne focus on the landscapes around Aix-en-Provence, especially Mont Sainte-Victoire. Recognition came in 1895 when Ambroise Vollard held a one-man show of his work. In the decades that followed, his influence upon Avant-Garde painters was unmatched.

Related works

The Artist's Son

The Artist's Son

Click to More
A Montrouge - Rosa la Rouge

A Montrouge - Rosa la Rouge

Click to More
Portrait of Vincent van Gogh

Portrait of Vincent van Gogh

Click to More
The Convalescent

The Convalescent

Click to More
Seated Woman

Seated Woman

Click to More
The Streetwalker (Le Casque d'Or)

The Streetwalker (Le Casque d'Or)

Click to More
Self-Portrait with Bandaged Ear

Self-Portrait with Bandaged Ear

Click to More
Self-Portrait

Self-Portrait

Click to More
Self-Portrait

Self-Portrait

Click to More
Group Portrait with Schönberg

Group Portrait with Schönberg

Click to More