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 and his geometric structure of space led Pablo Picasso toward the development of Cubism (see paintings by both artists in Gallery 3).
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 and his geometric structure of space led Pablo Picasso toward the development of Cubism (see paintings by both artists in Gallery 3).
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