Maincy Bridge

Considered by several of his peers to be one of the most influential modernists of the 19th century, Cezanne developed during his mature years a highly innovative type of modern art, which might be called 'abbreviated Impressionism'. Although influenced by the optical reality of Monet's pure Impressionism (if the sea looks pink, paint it pink), Cezanne focused on form and structure rather than ornamentation. Thus, for instance, he simplified natural shapes into varieties of geometric motifs (cones, spheres, rectangles, and the like), and relied on flat areas of strong colour to achieve depth and harmony. (Compare this with the characteristics of Impressionism.) As exemplified by this particular landscape painting, his carefully controlled use of vertical and horizontal lines, together with a marked design-oriented approach to the picture plane, looks backwards to the Italian Renaissance, as well as forwards to the Cubism of Picasso (1881-1973).  100% Hand painted art: Reproducti