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Inspiration From Artist Week 111 Featuring Artist : Paul Cezanne and Ben Taffinder
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Back to Cézanne for a moment...
One of my favourites is Madame Cézanne in a Red Armchair from 1877. I love the flatness he achieved and also the way the patterning, blockiness and saturated colours compete (and outdo) the actual figurative content of this piece. Definitely ahead of his time.
Some of his most 'abstract' work comes right at the end of his life. This is one of the Mont St-Victoire series from 1905 (he died a year later). Their influence on cubism is well-known, but it also isn't hard to make the leap to Klee's Tunisian masterpieces some 9 years later.
Some of his most 'abstract' work comes right at the end of his life. This is one of the Mont St-Victoire series from 1905 (he died a year later). Their influence on cubism is well-known, but it also isn't hard to make the leap to Klee's Tunisian masterpieces some 9 years later.
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And I think Cezanne's influence can still be felt in the work of Ben Taffinder, most of which I really like -- especially the more abstract pieces (no surprise there!). His knifework puts me a little in mind of some of the paintings by Canadian artist Jean-Paul Riopelle (who we might feature in this thread?).
