Cezanne A Study of His Development

""Cezanne: A Study of His Development"" by Roger Fry is a comprehensive analysis of the artistic evolution of the renowned French painter, Paul Cezanne. The book explores Cezanne's life and work, tracing his development from his early Impressionist style to his later, more abstract paintings. Fry examines Cezanne's use of color, form, and composition, and how he influenced the development of modern art. The book is filled with detailed descriptions of Cezanne's paintings, accompanied by photographs and illustrations. It also includes a biographical section on Cezanne's life and career, as well as a bibliography of his works. This is an essential read for anyone interested in the history of art or the works of Paul Cezanne.1927. Fry, English art critic and painter and champion of modern French schools of art introduced Cezanne and the postimpressionists to England. From 1905 to 1910 he was curator of paintings at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. In 1933 he was made Slade Professor of Fine Arts at Cambridge. Interested in all eras, he consistently stressed the importance of analyzing the formal qualities within a work of art. His biography was written by Virginia Woolf in 1940. This volume contains his influential work on Cezanne, who today is regarded as one of the great forerunners of modern painting, both for the way he evolved of putting down on canvas exactly what his eye saw in nature and for the qualities of pictorial form that he achieved through a unique treatment of space, mass, and color.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.