Showing posts with label Paul Cezanne. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Paul Cezanne. Show all posts

Wednesday, October 8, 2008

Rideau, cruchon et compotier - Paul Cezanne

Price in US $ - 60,500,000

Paul Cezanne
Rideau, Cruchon et Compotier was created around 1893 - 94 by French artist Paul Cezanne. The painting is considered as the most expensive painting based on still life theme.

Paul Cezanne was a great post-impressionist French artist. It is believed that Cezanne's artworks laid the foundation of the alteration to move from the 19th century traditional art world to 20th century new style of work. Thus, Cezanne formed a bridge between the late 19th century Impressionism and the early 20th century's new artistic world, Cubism.

Sunday, September 7, 2008

Nature morte: Les grosses pommes - Paul Cézanne

Price in US $ - 28,600,000

Paul Cézanne
Paul Cézanne - French painter, one of the greatest of the Postimpressionists, whose works and ideas were influential in the aesthetic development of many 20th-century artists and art movements, especially Cubism. Cézanne's art, grew out of Impressionism and eventually challenged all the conventional values of painting in the 19th century through its insistence on personal expression and on the integrity of the painting itself. He has been called the father of modern painting.