The Mardi Gras of Paul Cézanne
Paul Cézanne (1839-1906) ensured that his painting suggest space, without destroying the unity of the surface, by making use of the knowledge that cool colors, such as blue and green, appear to recede, and warm colors - red, orange, yellow - seem to stand out from the surface. Cézanne's son Paul, and Paul's friend Louis Guillaume, posed for these figures from the Italian Commedia dell'arte, an unusual motif for the artist. Louis reportedly fainted during one sitting because Cézanne insisted that he should not move.
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