Mezanne Vs Gauguin

Comparison Paper Both of the pieces that will be compared are from the post-impressionist era of art. The first in Paul Cezanne's Still Life With Basket of Apples, which was painted from 1890 to 1894. The Second in Paul Gauguin's Mahana no Atua, which was painted in 1894. Aside from being from the same time period and movement in art, there are a few other things that these paintings have in common. From face value, there are also many things that set them apart. The first similarity between the two paintings is the noticeable roughness in the application of paint on both. The brush strokes are visible and everything is not perfectly smoothed as it may have been before the impressionist era. In Cezanne's painting, the brushstrokes are thick and short, applying a heavy layer of paint that can be noticed even on a picture. Gauguin's painting on the other hand, contrasts with thinly applied paint. Here, in most places the paint is smoother and forms flatter swaths of color. Another similarity between the paintings is in their compositions. Both have a focus of activity and focus that starts in the top left corner and moves toward the bottom right. this similarity bridges them, though the subjects are different: Cezanne's subject being apples on a table and Gauguin's
Both also use abstraction in space to tilt the viewer's interpretation. Cezanne does this by showing multiple views of the table, pushing the perspective so that the table appears to be tipped toward the viewer to create a feeling of tension as if it's all going to come toppling forward. Gauguin instead creates a different sort of tension through color - abstracting the river in front of his figures so that it becomes a pool of swirling colors instead of water. Both of these abstractions pull a viewer in and ask them to question why the painter may have painted it