canpakes wrote: ↑Wed Sep 20, 2023 8:37 pm
Gabriel,
You’ve posted some beautiful examples of Cézanne‘s work. Thank you for highlighting his talent. : )
Res Ipsa wrote: ↑Wed Sep 20, 2023 8:54 pm
Ditto!
Morley wrote: ↑Thu Sep 21, 2023 11:44 am
Great thread, Gabriel.
Thanks Guys. I am certainly no expert on Cézanne; but lately, during the course of my reading I have been noticing his name pop up more and more – Hemingway and Flannery O’Connor being two recent examples – that I decided to give him a gander to see what all the fuss was about. Now, despite my Scottish, Scandinavian, and Tolkienesque sensibilities, I find myself gravitating towards all things French these days. It’s a character defect on my part!
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Thank you, Morley, for adding this to our gallery. My first take, however, is a rather pedestrian one: I like that Jacket! I will definitely keep my eyes peeled the next time I wander through the hallowed aisles of Goodwill or St. Vinnie’s!
huckelberry wrote: ↑Sun Sep 24, 2023 10:11 pm
I enjoy topics about paintings and have spent some time in the past studying such but feel like I should apologize if I have sounded like a know it all at some time. Such a position is not justified for me.
I notice that the quotes found above do not mesh nicely into a theory. In fact, they may be seen to go this way and that. I first found Cezanne interesting, striking, when I was at a young age. I am unsure of why. Some of his landscapes are gorgeous. Some of the still life paintings are like vast vistas. His people look like sacks of potatoes, especially the large bathers. I do not think I understand him further than direct perception. Even those sack of potato people have presence.
Someone might say the paintings became truly modern by leaving all overarching theory history and theme behind and focus only on individual alive experiencing the world in the present.
I echo your sentiments, Huck. My own knowledge of art extends little beyond Humanities 101-type stuff. If I could sum up my admittedly unlearned impression of some of Cézanne’s work, the word “fresh” comes to mind, like a morning walk after a good night’s rest.
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