Paul Cézanne born today on the 19 January ofyear 1839 was an artist from France and a Post-Impressionist painter whoseartistic works paved way for a new conception in art for the 20thCentury. Cézanne is known to be a link between 19th century Impressionism andthe early 20th century's new form of artistic attempt, Cubism. The lineattributed to both Matisse and Picasso that Cézanne "is the father of usall" is a powerful statement on its own.
Cezanne’s work exhibit a perfection ofdesign, colour, pitch, composition and craftsmanship. His brushstrokes are oftenrepetitive, very sensitive and investigative are clearly familiar with hisunique style of painting. He used planes of colour and small brushstrokes that whererepeated on after another forming a complex field which was an expression aswell as recognition of abstracts in his art works. The paintings conveyCézanne's capacity to deal with the complexity of human visual perception anddeep study of the subject he is painting.
Paul Cezanne was born to a successfulbusinessman Louis-Auguste Cézanne who co-founded a banking firm that grewrapidly during Paul’s life which ensured him a huge legacy of wealth andfinancial stability during his formative years as a budding artist, anadvantage not enjoyed by many of his counterparts.
Paul began studying and experimenting withart at a very early age where he studies drawing under Joseph Gibert, a Spanishmonk, in Aix a province in south France that is also his hometown. Pauls wantedto study art against the wishes of his banker father who wanted him to join aLaw School which could have given them an upper hand in business. Despite hisfather’s pressure Paul Cezzane did not give up his willingness to devote hislife to art and paintings, thus he left Axir and shifted to Paris in the year1861.After seeing his dedication towards art his father reconciled with him andthen supported his choice of career. Later Paul was to receive an inheritanceof half a million francs that rid him of all this financial worries as abudding artist.
Paul Cezanne’s early art works where oftenrelated to figures in the landscape setting and also comprised of his figment of imagination paintings of largefigures in the landscape. Later in his career, he became a lot more interestedin working from direct examination and steadily developed a light, airypainting style that was to manipulate the Impressionists enormously.
Paul Cézanne died in 1906, as his paintingswere put on exhibition in Paris at a large scale museum-like retrospective inSeptember 1907. This very exhibition in Paris ensured credibility to hisposition as one of the most significant artists of the 19th century and to theadvent of Cubism.
Thus we see how a son of a wealthy Bankerwas able to concentrate on his career as a painter. Paul left a valuable mark in the history of at. Todayseveral of his paintings adore the best of museums across Europe and America ashe is remembered for his significance in the Impressionist art movement thatbegan in the 20th century. Several of his fine art prints andposters are available online and in India are very much sought after. To browsesome his famous art prints you can browse http://www.artemporio.comand look at the artistic depth he rendered into each of his oil paintings.