The Father Of Modern Art—Cezanne

As a wave of art from the end of the 19 th century to the beginning of the 20 th century,modernist art ascended the western field of painting in an anti-traditional posture.Praised as "the father of modern art",Paul Cezanne appeared on the history stage as a liberator during the transition process from traditional art to modernist art,exerting a profound impact on the development of the art history.Since then,researches on the art of Cezanne have been greatly concerned by many art historians,and the research perspectives are unprecedentedly diversified and the research fields are also unprecedentedly extensive.At present,comments and researches related to him have formed a large bibliography.With a systematic study of the art of Cezanne,from his life to artistic style,theoretical research and artistic influence,the paper probes into Cezanne's art in an overall way.A truly objective view of Cezanne's art helps to provoke rational thinking about Cezanne's art,negate the extreme speculation and analysis in the study and find out more factors that affect the formation of Cezanne's art.Among them,the formal and spiritual analyses of Cezanne's art should be more objective,but it is worth approving that these analyses do provide important theoretical value for us to understand the art of Cezanne.As for the connection between Cezanne and East Asian art,since there are few historical records and literature recording the relationship between the two,it is more necessary for our research to be objective.We should study and analyze Cezanne's concern about the East Asian art through lateral extension and indirect connections.While absorbing the traditional aesthetic ideas,Cezanne abandoned dogmatism to be engaged in continuous practice and innovation based on his own artistic intuition,and ultimately formed a unique artistic view.Instead of being just a teacher passion on knowledge,Cezanne is more like a guider who opens the door to the new world for painters of the later generations through ‘innovative' view of art and artistic ideas,so that they can conduct artistic innovation boldly,which thereupon triggered a tide of modernist art that caused a sensation in the European field of painting.The study not only helps to grasp the main viewpoints of Cezanne on the art of painting in an all-round and objective way,learn the origin of modernist art and arouse a new wave of art by summarizing the essence of Cezanne's art,but also is of enlightening significance for China's national art to cope with multicultural impact.