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Few artists have exerted such an influence on modern art as Paul Cezanne. Picasso, Braque and Matisse all acknowledged a profound debt to his painting, and many historians regard him as the father of modernism. This new biography reexamines Cezanne's life and art, discussing the central events and people who shaped his work and placing his oeuvre in the context of nineteenth- and early twentieth-century art and culture.Jon Kear examines Cezanne's youth in Provence, a formative period which left a deep and abiding impression on the artist's painting, as well as exploring his turbulent time in Paris and the larger-than-life ... Read more
Few artists have exerted such an influence on modern art as Paul Cezanne. Picasso, Braque and Matisse all acknowledged a profound debt to his painting, and many historians regard him as the father of modernism. This new biography reexamines Cezanne's life and art, discussing the central events and people who shaped his work and placing his oeuvre in the context of nineteenth- and early twentieth-century art and culture.Jon Kear examines Cezanne's youth in Provence, a formative period which left a deep and abiding impression on the artist's painting, as well as exploring his turbulent time in Paris and the larger-than-life ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Reaktion Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Series
Critical Lives
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781780235738
SKU
V9781780235738
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About Jon Kear
Jon Kear is a Lecturer in History of Art at the University of Kent. He is the author of Degas: His Life and Works in 500 Images (2012), Portraits and a Dream: Art and Language (2011) and Sunless (1999), a study of the film-maker Chris Marker.
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