About The Artist - Paul Cézanne
(19 January, 1839 - 22 October, 1906) |
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| Paul
Cézanne is a French Post-Impressionist painter famous
for his rendition of Cubism in all his paintings. |
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About
The Painting - Still Life with Apples and Oranges |
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Still Life with
Apples and Oranges has a simplicity that appeals to
every one who has seen this painting. Cézanne tried
to bring out the simplicity in highlighting some apples
and oranges and created a comparison with the stillness
of life. He has also rendered shades of contrasting
and bright colors against a dark background to bring
the essence of the painting to life. |
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This is one of
his most famous paintings and he has tried to portray
how geometric essentials can be used effectively to
highlight different objects in a painting that is purely
imaginative. His main idea was to "treat nature by the
cylinder, the sphere, the cone." |
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One of the most
beautiful aspects of the painting is Cezanne's attention
to details that he has picked up from observing nature
in different seasons and different forms. The result
is Still Life with Apples and Oranges that renders beautifully
a profound exploration of the binocular vision leading
to the creation of different but simultaneous visual
perceptions. |
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| These perceptions
have given the painting more realism, depth and have
brought in a spatial relationship. There are two different
views projected by Cézanne through this painting: one
is that of visual perception at varying degrees. The
second is his observation coupled with the desire to
capture the meaning behind his own perceptions. |
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Pablo Picasso,
one of the greatest painters of all time had to say
this about Paul: "My one and only master . . . Cezanne
was like the father of us all". |
