Repoussoir through windows, doors, then invading the middle of the painting with Corot and Pissarro, before CĂ©zanne inverted it altogether.
repoussoir
How repoussoir originated in figurative painting, and came to become a popular compositional technique for landscapes from Giorgione to Turner.
Friedrich, Turner, Palmer and Bonnard are among the artists shown, with surprises by courtesy of CĂ©zanne.
Compositional techniques usually involving foreground trees which increase the depth of a picture. Explained and illustrated.
Framing a landscape with a window forms a picture within a picture, and can reverse the traditional device of repoussoir.
Few landscape painters since have not been deeply influenced by his pioneering paintings. He also anticipated photographic effects on focus.
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