Art Masterpiece Paul Cezanne (1839 – 1906) This month we looked at the work of the French painter Paul Cezanne. His work was influenced by the Impressionist painters of the time but his style of painting came from the use of blocks of color to give form to shapes. He was an outcast from traditional painting while he lived. Cezanne worked very slowly; the fruit in his still-lifes often rotted before he had finished painting! (For this reason he didn’t paint very many portraits). His work slowly evolved from Impressionism toward Modern, Abstract art. Pablo Picasso, a modern abstract artist, referred to him as the “father of us all”. Today we made a still-life in colorful pastel, using shapes and shading in the style of Paul Cezanne. Today in Art Masterpiece, I learned about _____________________ _________________________________________________________ My favorite part was _______________________________________ _________________________________________________________

ART MASTERPIECE “Apples and Oranges” Paul Cezanne ( ) This month we looked at the work of the French painter Paul Cezanne. His work was influenced by the Impressionist painters of the time but his style of painting came from the use of blocks of color to give form to shapes. He was an outcast from traditional painting while he lived. Cezanne worked very slowly; the fruit in his still-lifes often rotted before he had finished painting! (For this reason he didn’t paint very many portraits). His work slowly evolved from Impressionism toward Modern, Abstract art. Pablo Picasso, a modern abstract artist, referred to him as the “father of us all”. Today we made a still-life in colorful pastel, using shapes and shading in the style of Paul Cezanne. ART MASTERPIECE “Apples and Oranges” Paul Cezanne ( ) This month we looked at the work of the French painter Paul Cezanne. His work was influenced by the Impressionist painters of the time but his style of painting came from the use of blocks of color to give form to shapes. He was an outcast from traditional painting while he lived. Cezanne worked very slowly; the fruit in his still-lifes often rotted before he had finished painting! (For this reason he didn’t paint very many portraits). His work slowly evolved from Impressionism toward Modern, Abstract art. Pablo Picasso, a modern abstract artist, referred to him as the “father of us all”. Today we made a still-life in colorful pastel, using shapes and shading in the style of Paul Cezanne. ART MASTERPIECE “Apples and Oranges” Paul Cezanne ( ) This month we looked at the work of the French painter Paul Cezanne. His work was influenced by the Impressionist painters of the time but his style of painting came from the use of blocks of color to give form to shapes. He was an outcast from traditional painting while he lived. Cezanne worked very slowly; the fruit in his still-lifes often rotted before he had finished painting! (For this reason he didn’t paint very many portraits). His work slowly evolved from Impressionism toward Modern, Abstract art. Pablo Picasso, a modern abstract artist, referred to him as the “father of us all”. Today we made a still-life in colorful pastel, using shapes and shading in the style of Paul Cezanne.