Pioneering Modern Painting: Cezanne And Pissarro 1865 To 1885
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About the Author Joachim Pissarro, great-grandson of Camille Pissarro, is a curator in the Department of Painting and Sculpture at The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Read more
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This lavishly illustrated book sets a high standard for art books. It features large reproductions of uniformly excellent quality. Each chapter is prefaced by full page close-ups of the work of Pizarro and Cezanne so you can get a real feel for their texture and brushwork. The comparisons are often of the same motif (since Pizarro and Cezanne often painted together). The text is informative without detracting from the importance of the art.I was never able to appreciate Cezanne until I saw his work side by side with Pizarro's. Pizarro is an honest craftsman with charming color and technique but you can clearly see that Cezanne wanted to push the boundaries of painting quite a bit more and his works are energetic, experimental explorations. I came to appreciate both artists more by reading and absorbing the visual information in this beautiful book.If you are looking for a book with great reproductions of either Pizarro or Cezanne, get this book.