Paysage avec moulin à eau (Landscape with Water Mill)
1871 Yale University Art Gallery
About this artwork
This oil painting on canvas captures a rural landscape with robust, simplified forms. It dates from a pivotal period in Cézanne's early career when he began to develop his characteristic approach to structure and composition.
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During the early 1870s, Cézanne was actively exploring new ways to depict nature with solidity and structure, moving beyond the fleeting impressions of his Impressionist contemporaries. This painting reflects his nascent efforts to 'make of Impressionism something solid and durable, like the art of the museums', a statement that encapsulates his revolutionary contribution to modern art.
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Paysage avec moulin à eau (Landscape with Water Mill)
Paul Cezanne, 1871
