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“Nabi” movement – he was one of the first artists to paint
in a flat style and chose, like Cézanne, to interpret nature
in his own way rather than copying it. Charles Camoin, it
is cited, was in awe of Cézanne, while Matisse and Pablo
Picasso are known to have taken influences from him. His
use of still life as subject matter revolutionized the industry,
and
Apples and Oranges
, with its tendency toward the
abstract and its distortion of the plane, is said to have
influenced both Picasso and Georges Braque to invent the
Cubism movement.
In addition to an exhibition held in 1907, Cézanne’s
recognition and fame were assured by Roger Fry, who
held the seminal exhibition of Post-Impressionist works at
the Grafton Galleries in London. It was Fry who coined
the phrase Post-Impressionism, in order to give Cézanne’s
works some distinction from those of the Impressionists. The
commercial success of the exhibition, combined with Fry’s
observations and writings, surely cemented Cézanne’s
place and legacy as the “Father of Modernism.”
(Mary Evans/Epic/Tallandier)
above:
A portrait of painter Emile Bernard (1868-1941), by Toulouse-Lautrec.
(PA Photos)
(Finsiel/Alinari Archives – Reproduced with the permission of Ministero per i
Beni e le Attivit… Cult)
right:
Art critic Roger Fry.
below:
Self-portrait (1916) of the painter Maurice Denis,
in the Vasari Corridor. His family are in the background.
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