Does Paul Cezanne have a nickname?

Answer 1

French post-impressionist painter (1839-1906).

Cézanne developed himself during the years. In his early years he was rather wild and painted very emotional paintings. It was Pissaro the most impressionist landscape painter who guided him for years; together they painted a lot of times plain air and in that period Cézanne started to use more solid colored forms in his works, as his reaction to the very loose way of impressionist painting with all the color dots working together, to make the total visual impression.

Cézanne himself formulated his goal as inventing a new classical painting art. He admired the old classical painters as Poussin or Chardin.

He was the first painter who analyzed the landscape in structures, to rebuild this in his paintings on the canvas.

He later inspired notable artists such as Picasso and Braque circa 1908-1910 when they invented Cubism, and Matisse.

Two quotes of Cézanne which illustrate his attitude to the old masters and to landscape painting he wanted to realize:

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Everybody is going crazy over the Impressionists; what art needs is a Poussin (French classical artist) made over according to nature. There you have it in a nutshell."

from a conversation in Aix, in the studio of Cézanne in 1896; as quoted in "Cézanne", by Ambroise Vollard, Dover publications Inc. New York, 1984, p. 67

"...painting certainly means more to me than everything else in the world. I think my mind becomes clearer when I am in the presence of nature. Unfortunately, the realization of my sensations is always a very painful process with me. I can't seem to express the intensity which beats in upon my senses. I haven't at my command the magnificent richness of color which enlivens Nature.... ...Look at that cloud; I should like to be able to paint that! Monet could. He had muscle." f

rom a conversation, in Aix near the river, in 1896; as quoted in "Cézanne", by Ambroise Vollard, Dover publications Inc. New York, 1984, p. 74

Answer 2

He did not have one.
He didn't have one.

Answer 3

Paul Cézanne was his full name.
That is his birth name.

He did not have a middle name.

Answer 4

He is occasionally referred to as the "Father of Modernism" or the "Father of Modern Art".

Answer 5

Paul Cézanne was his full name.

Answer 6

Paul Cézanne's son was also named Paul.

Answer 7

No nickname.