C'e Zanne example essay topic

PAUL C'EZANNE Post Impressionism, as the name would suggest, is the art movement that directly followed Impressionism. One artist, who led the Post Impressionism movement, was French artist, Paul C'e zanne. Much of his early work was pure Impressionism and, although he was introduced to the style and guided by Camille Pissarro, C'e zanne's works showed a distinctive uniqueness. C'e zanne broke away from Impressionism because of the lack of composition; he felt the desire to depict subjects in the third dimension as well as appearing flat. C'e zanne did not agree with the Impressionistic trait of portraying the world through light, instead, he built up images by a generous use of colour. C'e zanne would distort objects and his works would often consist of numerous viewpoints on the one canvas.

C'e zanne worked with and was greatly influenced by other Impressionists he associated with, including Degas, Monet, Pissarro and Renoir. It was Pissarro who guided C'e zanne and convinced him to break up the colour and use shorter brush strokes when painting; among C'e zanne's friends, Pissarro was the only one patient enough to teach him. C'e zanne also admired Romantic painter, Eug " ene Delacroix, who used colour instead of lines to define objects; this inspired him to endeavour his quest for composition using colour alone. Many aspects of C'e zanne's early works can be traced back to the compositions of Delacroix's works. C'e zanne strive d to add form to Impressionism therefore he strayed from his peers, whom he believed lacked composition in their works. 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'.

C'e zanne created the illusion of depth in his works by adding numerous layers of colour to distinguish the form of his subjects. He would perfect the design in his works by distorting objects and having multiple viewpoints on the same object. 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. C'e zanne would create a 3 D effect in his works by giving each object many planes he would add to this effect with his vast use of colours. He took advantage of how 'warm' colours (reds and oranges) and 'cool' colours (blues and greens) draw the eye closer or push it away. An example of this is in 'Mont Ste.

- Victoire Seen from Bib emus Quarry' (1898-1906), the mountain in the background use blues and grey's to emphasise its position in relation to other objects. The boulders in the foreground demonstrate C'e zanne'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. C'e zanne's later works resembled Abstract as he reached yet another turning point in his career. From 1905, many of his works lacked the composition he strive d to achieve and consisted of thick slabs of colour carelessly applied to the canvas; many appearing to have been still under construction at the time of his demise. '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.

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, C'e zanne abandoned his normal brush strokes in favour of swirls. However, even from the beginning, C'e zanne showed aspects of Abstract and Cubism in his works. It was for this reason that C'e zanne was not only the leading Post Impressionist, but he paved the way for the further creation of Abstract and Cubism..