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To date, explanations of discrepancies in Cézanne’s reflections have assumed that they were intentional. Were they, or could they have been the result of his diabetes?
Few landscape painters since have not been deeply influenced by his pioneering paintings. He also anticipated photographic effects on focus.
We should add these Masters to the growing list of those with ‘painterly’ style, and consider whether Impressionism was a development of Venetian ‘colorito’ painting?
His “Mystic Nativity” is a real mystery painting. Here some of its puzzles are explained.
A selection of six more paintings by Cézanne, covering his whole painting career, show marked discrepancies in their reflections.
This extended essay is likely to change much of our thinking about painting, perhaps art in general. It may be the most important book about art of this decade.
His old oaks were saplings during the Middle Ages, and he was a great influence on Gainsborough, Constable, and others.
Over a thousand visitors have looked at Vincent van Gogh’s Starry Night over the Rhône. Other popular articles cover relatively unknown artists.
An innovator with his painterly style, some have suggested that he was even Impressionist – a whole century before Monet.
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