Complete Paintings of Paul Cézanne

by Paul Cézanne

The innovative works of the Post-Impressionist Paul Cézanne laid the foundations of a new and radically different form of art in the twentieth century. Challenging the conventional values of art in his time, Cézanne’s insistence on personal expression and the integrity of the painting itself, regardless of subject matter, have since earned him universal praise among his fellow artists, with Matisse and Picasso calling him "the father of us all." Delphi’s Masters of Art Series presents the world’s first digital e-Art books, allowing digital readers to explore the works of great artists in comprehensive detail. This volume presents Cézanne’s complete paintings in beautiful detail, with concise introductions, hundreds of high quality images and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1)

* The complete paintings of Paul Cézanne — over 600 paintings, fully indexed and arranged in chronological and alphabetical order
* Includes reproductions of rare works
* Features a special ‘Highlights’ section, with concise introductions to the masterpieces, giving valuable contextual information
* Enlarged ‘Detail’ images, allowing you to explore Cézanne’s celebrated works in detail, as featured in traditional art books
* Hundreds of images in stunning colour – highly recommended for viewing on tablets and smart phones or as a valuable reference tool on more conventional eReaders
* Special chronological and alphabetical contents tables for the complete paintings
* Easily locate the paintings you want to view
* Features four bonus biographical works - discover Cézanne's artistic and personal life
* Scholarly ordering of plates into chronological orderCONTENTS:The Highlights
THE HANGED MAN’S HOUSE
THE ORGY
L’ESTAQUE, MELTING SNOW
A MODERN OLYMPIA
SELF-PORTRAIT (PORTRAIT DE L’ARTISTE)
MAINCY BRIDGE
MADAME CÉZANNE IN A CONSERVATORY
THREE BATHERS
MONT SAINTE-VICTOIRE
MONT SAINTE-VICTOIRE AND THE VIADUCT OF THE ARC RIVER VALLEY
STILL LIFE WITH GINGER POT
THE BOY IN THE RED VEST
WOMAN WITH A COFFEE POT
RIDEAU, CRUCHON ET COMPOTIER
THE CARD PLAYERS
MAN WITH A PIPE
PORTRAIT OF GUSTAVE GEFFROY
ANNECY LAKE
THE LARGE BATHERS
MOUNT SAINTE-VICTOIREThe Paintings
THE COMPLETE PAINTINGS
ALPHABETICAL LIST OF PAINTINGSThe Biographies
CÉZANNE by Ambroise Vollard
PAUL CÉZANNE by James Huneker
PAUL CÉZANNE by Willard Huntington Wright
SINCE CÉZANNE by Clive Bell

Genres: Art, Nonfiction

899 pages, Kindle Edition

Published February 1, 2011

About the author

Paul Cézanne was a French artist and Post-Impressionist painter whose work laid the foundations of the transition from the 19th century conception of artistic endeavour to a new and radically different world of art in the 20th century. Cézanne can be said to form the bridge between late 19th century Impressionism and the early 20th century's new line of artistic enquiry, Cubism. The line attributed to both Matisse and Picasso that Cézanne "is the father of us all" cannot be easily dismissed.

Cézanne's work demonstrates a mastery of design, colour, composition and draftsmanship. His often repetitive, sensitive and exploratory brushstrokes are highly characteristic and clearly recognizable. He used planes of colour and small brushstrokes that build up to form complex fields, at once both a direct expression of the sensations of the observing eye and an abstraction from observed nature. The paintings convey Cézanne's intense study of his subjects, a searching gaze and a dogged struggle to deal with the complexity of human visual perception.

Reviews

[Castles · Rating 3 out of 5]

Only lately did I learn to appreciate Cezanne's works better. I didn’t use to get it so much in the past, but his special way of drawing from several points of view and his distorted perspective appeal to me, especially when lately I painted still life and thought about some of his works, and of the impressionists color theory. To all that, I add the saying of Picasso who declared that “Cezanne is the father of us all”.

So this book which is by now means a biography rather than an album/catalog, gives a good little peek into Cezanne's world and a place to begin with.

Like most of this book series, the texts added at the end of the book are ridiculously outdated. Most of them were this time actually interesting, but some of them suffer from irrelevance in the good case, and good old colonial bad taste and politically incorrectness in the worst.

[Saman Asvadi · Rating 5 out of 5]

Je peux dire maintenant que Paul Cézanne est sans doute mon peintre préféré. J’adore son genre, des couleurs dans ces pasture et bien su des sujets de quoi il faisait des pointeurs.