Comparison Of Paul Cezanne's Paintings

Introduction

The work Paul Cezanne’s “The Large Bathers” inspired two radical artists Matisse and Picasso at that time, and it is not too much to say that this work made them create two famous nude paintings such as Bonheur de Vivre and Les Demoiselles d’Avignon (Harris & Zucker, 2017). Although these three paintings portrayed women’s nude figures, each of them were significantly different each other. This paper will explain the differences between two great works made by Matisse and Picasso, discuss the contribution of Cezanne’s work to these two paintings.

Differences between Matisse’s and Picasso’s works

There were many differences between two masterpieces, Matisse’s Bonheur de Vivre (Fig.1) and Picasso’s Les Demoiselles d’Avignon (Fig.2). Henri Matisse depicted some nude people surrounding by the natural component such as forest, sea, grasses and sky while Picasso portrayed five women specifically in the small trapped space. Considering the line and color, Matisse used curve line with brilliant color while Picasso used curve line for human, and cubic line for vacant space,

It was obvious that He started the modern nude style that focusing on the original way of analysis of the human’s body. The art that directed the human body no longer concentrated on the accuracy of the human anatomy, instead, the light and shadow emphasized the image of the human body while it failed the aesthetic quality of the painting. This work also lacked the mythological context, which was previously crucial factor of the great painting. Both components significantly impacted two great works made by Matisse and Picasso. However, there were some slightly different points between them. For example, Picasso’s Les Demoiselles d’Avignon broke the linear perspective, and contained the shattering fragments in it. On the other hand, Matisse’s Bonheur de Vivre overly loosed it line between the