Avenue at Chantilly
Artist: Paul Cézanne (French, 1839-1906)
Date: 1888
Dimensions:
Painting: 32 × 25 1/2 in. (81.3 × 64.8 cm)
Frame: 44 × 37 3/4 × 4 3/4 in. (111.8 × 95.9 × 12.1 cm)
Medium: oil on canvas
Classification: Paintings
Credit Line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. William E. Levis
Object number: 1959.13
Label Text:Paul Cézanne combined classical structural stability with a new sense of respect for the inherent two-dimensionality of painting. By doing so, he established tension between the illusion of spatial depth and the flatness of the painted surface. In Avenue at Chantilly he denied a deep, tunneling plunge toward the house in a variety of ways. The dense blue shadows beneath the trees, the brightness and clarity of the distant building, and the undefined edges of the path disrupt a coherent recession into depth, flattening out the image. He also strategically repeated colors with hatch-like brushstrokes throughout the canvas.
Often called the “Father of Modern Art,” Cézanne had a direct influence on two of the most important artists of the 20th century: his color theories had a great impact on Henri Matisse (1869–1954), and his geometric structure of space led Pablo Picasso (1881–1973) toward the development of Cubism.
Often called the “Father of Modern Art,” Cézanne had a direct influence on two of the most important artists of the 20th century: his color theories had a great impact on Henri Matisse (1869–1954), and his geometric structure of space led Pablo Picasso (1881–1973) toward the development of Cubism.
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