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The Brook
The painting shows a peaceful landscape with a brook, surrounded by trees and greenery. The Post-Impressionist style is characterized by subtle color transitions and Cézanne's distinctive construction of forms using planes of color and small brushstrokes. The composition combines a faithful representation of nature with the artist's personal visual interpretation.
Portrait of the Creator
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Artist
Paul Cézanne
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Date of birth and death
19 January 1839 – 22 October 1906
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Natinality
French
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Style
Post-Impressionism, pioneering geometric form in painting, color modulation, multiple perspectives
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Significant works
Mont Sainte-Victoire series, The Card Players, The Bathers, Pyramid of Skulls, Rideau, Cruchon et Compotier
Information about the work
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Year:
1898-1900
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Execution technique:
oil
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Location:
Cleveland Museum of Art (CMA), Cleveland, OH, USA
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Theme:
Landscape, nature, water, trees
Internal Narrative and Creative Framework
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Inner Narrative
The work explores the relationship between reality and artistic perception, presenting nature as a collection of geometric and color forms, making the brook both real and symbolic.
The key to interpreting the work
Interpret the artwork in the context of the development of Post-Impressionism and Cézanne's influence on modernist approaches to landscape and pictorial space.See other works by this artist
