Definition of Cezanne

1. Noun. French Post-impressionist painter who influenced modern art (especially cubism) by stressing the structural components latent in nature (1839-1906).

Exact synonyms: Paul Cezanne
Generic synonyms: Painter

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cezanne

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Ceylon
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Cezanne (current term)
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Literary usage of Cezanne

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Unicorns by James Huneker (1917)
"We do not discuss a corpse, and though Cezanne died in 1006 he is still a living issue among ... Yet the Cezanne question, is it so difficult to resolve? ..."

2. Variations by James Huneker (1921)
"Cezanne Cezanne was pre-eminently occupied with the problem of space and its ... Huysmans spoke to me of the defective eyesight of Cezanne; but disease ..."

3. Modern Painting, Its Tendency and Meaning by Willard Huntington Wright (1915)
"VI PAUL Cezanne THE dilettante, avid for accounts of an artist's eccentricities, will find abundant and varied material of this nature in half a hundred ..."

4. The Story of French Painting by Charles Henry Caffin (1911)
"CHAPTER XX PAUL Cezanne IN a letter dated a year or so before ... Cezanne was born at Aix in Provence in 1839. Among his college friends was Zola with whom ..."

5. Pots and Pans: Or, Studies in Still-life Painting by Arthur Edwin Bye (1921)
""There is no such thing as line," said Cezanne, "no such thing as modelling. There are only contrasts, when color attains ..."

6. Space and the Architect: Lessons in Architecture 2 by Herman Hertzberger (2000)
"The space that attracted Cezanne was that between the objects in their relative ... 483 Paul Cezanne, StillLife. 1900 484 Pierre Bonnard, White Interior, ..."

7. Adventures in the Arts: Informal Chapters on Painters, Vaudeville and Poets by Marsden Hartley (1921)
"Both of these men were so true to their respective ideals that they are worth considering at the same time in connection with each other: Cezanne with his ..."

8. The New Poetry: An Anthology by Alice Corbin Henderson (1917)
"Cezanne Our door was shut to the noon-day heat. We could not see him. We might not have heard him either— Resting, dozing, dreaming pleasantly. ..."

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