Bonheir De Vivre And Les Demoiselles

Paul Cezanne was credited with saying, “When I judge art, I take my painting and put it next to a God made object like a tree or a flower. If it clashes, it is not art.” I believe in was in Cezanne’s style to focus on natural things, trees, bodies, water. And it is apparent that other artists, throughout time have also focused on these things but have also channeled into Cezanne’s inspiration, dug deep down in order to muster their own images. Matisse’s Bonheir de Vivre and Picasso’s Les Demoiselles d’Avignon are both examples of work that drew inspiration from Cezanne. I will be discussing their similarities to Cezanne’s greatest work but I will also be discussing how they did not follow in Cezanne’s footprints.
Paul Cezanne, a French painter