Paul Cezanne (say ZAN) was born in France. His father
was a
wealthy banker and he wanted his son to become a banker. He did not
approve of Cezanne's plan to become an
artist, but he went on to Paris anyway. After a while, his father sent
him a small allowance on which to live.
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When he got to Paris, his paintings were so rough that
none of the official art schools would admit him as a student.
At first his paintings were done in dark colors, but Pissarro, another
painter, encouraged him to paint out in the
sunlight, and his paintings came alive with bright colors.
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He did not like to be with other people and isolated
himself, even from
his friends. When he was 47 years old, his father died and he inherited
his father's wealth.
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He complained that he could not paint pictures of
people properly, and in fact his still lifes; pictures of objects
in settings, became his best works.
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He was not very successful until in 1895 when Vollard,
an art dealer in
Paris, exhibited his works and he began to enjoy the success he had
longed for.
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Cezanne considered shapes to be the basic forms; the
sphere, cone, and cylinder. Look at the painting, Apples and
Oranges and find these shapes in the fruit, the pitcher, and the
bowl.
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