FRENCH MASTER PAUL CEZANNE, ONE OF THE MOST RECOGNIZABLE NAMES IN ART, IS CELEBRATED WORLDWIDE FOR HIS POST-IMPRESSIONIST MASTERPIECES. HOWEVER, CEZANNE'S GREATEST LEGACY MAY BE THE TRANSFORMATIVE EFFECT HIS WORK HAD ON THE 20th CENTURY ARTISTS. 'CEZANNE AND AMERICAN MODERNISM' WHICH IS BEING PRESENTED AT THE PHOENIX ART MUSEUM IS THE FIRST EXHIBITION TO EXAMINE CEZANNE'S INFLUENCE ON AMERICAN ARTISTS WORKING BETWEEN 1900 AND 1930 BY BRINGING TOGETHER 16 OF THE FRENCH MASTER'S PAINTINGS AND WORKS ON PAPER WITH MORE THAN 80 WORKS BY 33 AMERICAN ARTISTS, INCLUDING MARSDEN HARTLEY, MAURICE PRENDERGAST, ARSHILE GORKY, ALFRED STIEGLITZ AND MAN RAY. THE EXHIBITION SHOWCASES OUTSTANDING WORKS FROM PUBLIC AND PRIVATE COLLECTIONS THROUGHOUT THE US. PAUL CEZANNE IS UNIVERSALLY ACCLAIMED AS THE FATHER OF MODERN ART FOR HIS REVOLUTIONARY USE OF FLATTENED PERSPECTIVE, CAREFULLY STRUCTURED COMPOSITIONS AND HIS SIGNATURE TECHNIQUE OF PAINTING WITH PATCHES OF COLOUR. CEZANNE AND AMERICAN MODERNISM REVEALS HOW A SMALL GROUP OF PIONEERING AMERICAN ARTISTS CHAMPIONED THE RECLUSIVE ARTIST AS HE GAINED INTERNATIONAL PROMINENCE IN THE YEARS SHORTLY AFTER HIS DEATH. ALTHOUGH THESE PAINTERS AND PHOTOGRAPHERS NEVER MET CEZANNE IN PERSON, HIS LONG AND PROLIFIC CAREER PROVIDED MANY AVENUES OF INFLUENCE FOR THEM TO EXPLORE. CEZANNE'S INFLUENCE ON EARLY 20th CENTURY AMERICAN PHOTOGRAPHY IS EXAMINED FOR THE FIRST TIME WITH THE EXAMPLES BY ALFRED STIEGLITZ, EDWARD STEICHEN, PAUL STRAND AND OTHERS WHO PLAYED A PIVOTAL ROLE IN INTRODUCING MODERNISM TO AMERICA. THEIR EXPERIMENTATION INCLUDED CLOSELY CROPPED PORTRAITS, ABSTRACT STILL LIFES AND NUDES AND BATHERS IN LANDSCAPE SETTINGS.
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