Art Movement: Post-Impressionism, Proto-Modernism

Artist

Paul Cézanne

Paul Cézanne occupies a singular and pivotal position in the history of Western art. Often described as “the father of modern painting,” he forged the bridge between nineteenth-century Impressionism and the revolutionary artistic movements of the twentieth century, including Cubism, Fauvism, and abstract modernism. While many of his contemporaries pursued fleeting impressions of light and…