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The Brook

c. 1895–1900

Paul Cezanne

(French, 1839–1906)
Culture
France, late 19th-early 20th Century
Medium
oil on fabric
Measurements
Framed: 74.9 x 97.2 x 8.3 cm (29 1/2 x 38 1/4 x 3 1/4 in.); Unframed: 59.2 x 81 cm (23 5/16 x 31 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Leonard C. Hanna Jr. 1958.20
Public Domain
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Location
222 Impressionism & Post-Impressionism
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Cezanne rarely did preparatory sketches for his paintings. The shapes on the canvas are provided by tonal contrasts and color sensation.

Description

Although Cezanne exhibited twice with the Impressionists, he rejected his friends’ goals of capturing the fleeting effects of light and atmosphere in their art. Instead, he sought to create balance among the forms and colors in his compositions. This painting depicts the valley of the Arc River that runs southeast of Cezanne’s home in Aix-en-Provence. Throughout the composition, he juxtaposed strokes of different hues, describing the leaves, branches, and the stream with color rather than drawing the outlines of forms.
A horizontally oriented oil painting with swirling brushstrokes of green, blue, and light-orange depicts a creek running through a tree- and shrubbery-filled landscape. Spindly, dark-brown tree branches extend across the upper right corner, a singular branch across the upper left. Where dense greenery coats the left side of the creek, blue sky shows through on the right. The colors of the landscape reflect in the water.

The Brook

c. 1895–1900

Paul Cezanne

(French, 1839–1906)
France, late 19th-early 20th Century

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