Paul Cézanne: 1839-1906: Pioneer of Modernism

 
★深入認識「現代繪畫之父」塞尚的創作歷程
★了解塞尚影響馬蒂斯、畢卡索的重大藝術貢獻
 
　　19世紀後半，塞尚在法國普羅旺斯艾克斯地區蔥蔥鬱鬱的鄉村創作風景畫與靜物畫，這些作品後來對當代藝術影響極大，塞尚也被譽為「現代繪畫之父」。
 
　　塞尚以緊湊、濃烈的筆觸和對光線、空間的大膽創新，引領印象派早期的決定性運動，對馬蒂斯與畢卡索產生極大影響，引用他們兩人的話來說，塞尚成了「我們所有人的父親」。
 
　　從水果、梨的構圖到戶外沐浴的場景，我們從作品看見塞尚對色彩、透視與質感的嘗試，以及他逐步形成充滿光與空氣的繪畫風格。我們可以看到塞尚在其名作《玩紙牌的人》中，用冷暖色調來建構形體與表面；也可以看到他在普羅旺斯創作的幾何風景畫，既呈現出法國南部的明亮光線，也大膽呈現新的立體與深度。
 
　　這本藝術家導覽專書，介紹塞尚創作中最重要的經典作品，透過這些創作，了解塞尚的發展、創新，以及他對藝術史的重大貢獻，是對藝術史有興趣的讀者不可錯過的大師經典之作。

In the latter half of the 19th century, in the verdant countryside near Aix-en-Provence, Paul Cézanne (1839-1906), busily plied his brush to landscapes and still lifes that would become anchors of modern art. With compact, intense dabs of paint and bold new approaches to light and space, he mediated the way from Impressionism to the defining movements of the early 20th century and became, in the words of both Matisse and Picasso, ＂father of us all.＂ This fresh artist introduction selects key works from Cézanne’s oeuvre to understand his development, innovation, and crucial influence on modern art. From compositions of fruits and pears to scenes of outdoor bathers, we trace his experimentation with color, perspective, and texture to evoke ＂a harmony parallel to Nature,＂ as well as the very process of seeing and recording. Along the way, we discover Cézanne’s celebrated Card Players, his layering of warm and cool hues to build up form and surface, and the geometric rigor of his landscapes from the vicinity of Aix-en-Provence, as bright with the light of southern France as they are bold with a radical new rendering of dimensions and depth.

The author:
Ulrike Becks-Malorny studied free painting in Geneva and art history in Bochum, Germany. Since gaining her doctorate in 1990, she has worked as an exhibition organizer and freelance author. She lives in Bonn, Germany.