Château Noir
Artist: Paul Cézanne
Year Composed: 1903
Artistic Movement: Post-Impressionism
Nationality: France
Floor Found in Château: Second Floor
Year Composed: 1903
Artistic Movement: Post-Impressionism
Nationality: France
Floor Found in Château: Second Floor
About the Artwork
Château Noir is a Post-Impressionist rendition of the lush hillside and Gothic ruins of the area Aix, France. Paul Cézanne depicts the run-down castle of Château Noir off in the distance behind trees and hills, adding to the allure of the scene. Viewers are able to see the large, rough brushstrokes of the artist, typical for the landscape paintings by Cézanne late in his career. These large brushstrokes add to the flow and rhythm of the landscape as it grows and covers the area surrounding the ruins. Cézanne depicts the château repeatedly over the course of the last few decades in his career, ultimately composing multiple variations of this lush, Gothic scene.
About the Artist
Paul Cézanne led the art world through the turn of the 19th Century into the 20th Century (or from the 1800s into the 1900s). He used the painterly, expressive brushstrokes from the Impressionist style while incorporating his use of color to highlight specific figures, motifs, or symbolism within the scenes. Cézanne was influenced by geometric spacing within his compositions, allowing shapes and the formation of his figures and objects to form unique motifs in addition to his color palette. Some of his more impressive works of art include The Large Bathers (1898), his Château Noir (1904), and The Basket of Apples (1895), all which are paintings to be collected within the Hall of the Art Thieves.
About the Movement
Château Noir was composed in Post-Impressionist Age of art. As a subset of Impressionism, Post-Impressionism (also spelled Postimpressionism) was mostly a French movement toward the end of the 19th Century (or the latter decades in the 1800s). As a way to counter the Impressionist use of naturalism in their light and color, Post-Impressionist artists used a more abstract color palette, where the colors were more symbolic than natural. Some of the most famous Post-Impressionist artists included Paul Cézanne, Paul Gauguin, Georges Seurat, and Vincent van Gogh.
Location of Original Work of Art: Museum of Modern Art, New York City, New York, United States of America
Château Noir is a Post-Impressionist rendition of the lush hillside and Gothic ruins of the area Aix, France. Paul Cézanne depicts the run-down castle of Château Noir off in the distance behind trees and hills, adding to the allure of the scene. Viewers are able to see the large, rough brushstrokes of the artist, typical for the landscape paintings by Cézanne late in his career. These large brushstrokes add to the flow and rhythm of the landscape as it grows and covers the area surrounding the ruins. Cézanne depicts the château repeatedly over the course of the last few decades in his career, ultimately composing multiple variations of this lush, Gothic scene.
About the Artist
Paul Cézanne led the art world through the turn of the 19th Century into the 20th Century (or from the 1800s into the 1900s). He used the painterly, expressive brushstrokes from the Impressionist style while incorporating his use of color to highlight specific figures, motifs, or symbolism within the scenes. Cézanne was influenced by geometric spacing within his compositions, allowing shapes and the formation of his figures and objects to form unique motifs in addition to his color palette. Some of his more impressive works of art include The Large Bathers (1898), his Château Noir (1904), and The Basket of Apples (1895), all which are paintings to be collected within the Hall of the Art Thieves.
About the Movement
Château Noir was composed in Post-Impressionist Age of art. As a subset of Impressionism, Post-Impressionism (also spelled Postimpressionism) was mostly a French movement toward the end of the 19th Century (or the latter decades in the 1800s). As a way to counter the Impressionist use of naturalism in their light and color, Post-Impressionist artists used a more abstract color palette, where the colors were more symbolic than natural. Some of the most famous Post-Impressionist artists included Paul Cézanne, Paul Gauguin, Georges Seurat, and Vincent van Gogh.
Location of Original Work of Art: Museum of Modern Art, New York City, New York, United States of America