The Father of Modern Art: Cézanne | HENI Talks 'Perspectives'

Paul Cézanne is perhaps one of the best-loved painters of Western art. Yet the popularity of his still life and landscape works has perhaps tamed the radicality of his vision in our own eyes. It is easy to forget that these seemingly traditional 19th century Post-Impressionist paintings caused ‘a landslide in art’.
Jacky Klein explains why we should see the ‘painter of apples’ as a pioneer for initiating new ways of looking and thinking about art. She uses Cézanne’s works in the Courtauld collection to trace how his style developed through the 1870s-1890s, pushing the frontiers of what painting could do, despite being met with derision in his own times.
Looking at Cézanne’s output afresh, Klein makes the case for the painter as being ‘father of Modern art’, his works inspiring countless Modern and contemporary masters since.
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[@photographedemode]

Thank you, one of the best talks on Cézanne that I've heard, and I've heard a lot of them. I worked a a museum that had 10 of his works on permanent display, every guide, mediator giving talks about Cezanne but yours is very complete in a short period of time.

[@cherylannebarillartist7453]

A quote by Maya Angelou comes to mind that I believe fit Cez’anne quite well: “ you are only free when you realize you belong no place- you belong every place- No place at all. The price is high. The reward is great.” Thank you for this wonderful bite!! ~c

[@andrewwebb4635]

Thank you for a lovely talk. Everything that explains facets of this fascinating artist is very welcome! For those that don’t follow these things, the Courtauld has been completely refurbished since then and hopefully displays pictures even better.

[@kavitadhillon1859]

Sooo beautiful. I will worship Cezanne hereafter💜My eyes water due to the overwhelming feeling of respect for this great ARTIST 🕉️

[@msultan5194]

The character and the beauty of this woman is just outstanding! Love the story and the gallery.

[@HENITalks]

Thanks for watching and your kind words!

[@mathstar4176]

Love 💕 that one with the lake on vacation with his wife and kids.

[@grafter1]

A very clear and informative description of Cezanne's work in relation to his artistic intentions within the context of prevailing methods of the time.

[@danielsoll5830]

„Not large in size but still monumental.“ ...defo one to remember...

[@johnshen3483]

wonderful introduction of the master, young lady did a fantastic job !!!

[@lydiarowe491]

Being an innovator in the time of Cezanne may have had strong criticism....but this broke through the contains of the day. Most courageous.

[@GreatArtExplained]

Great talk thanks

[@MiaFeigelsonGallery]

The description of Cézanne's works at the Courtauld Gallery made by Jacky Klein is absolutely fascinating. Not only is she scholarly but also truly didactic. I enjoyed her speech beyond words. HENI Talks, thank you so much for posting this video ! On a side-note, I've come across your channel thanks to the wonderful video you uploaded some hours ago: Making Magic: Inspiring Children with Art. I'm a great fan of Magic Lantern. Thanks again !

[@HENITalks]

Thanks so much for your kind words, Mia. We're really pleased you like our films and hope those to come inspire you equally. All best, the HENI Talks team

[@MiaFeigelsonGallery]

HENI Talks, thanks for your kind reply. They surely will ! All the best to you too and thanks again and again !

[@BINKYism]

I love this video and presentation of Cezanne - tho' I am curious how our presenter does not see how the "vertiginous angle of the floor" behind the table at front at 10;11-14 is really another table top behind this smaller table on which the plaster caste stands - yet she is accurate that the angle are off-kilter

[@johnmulvey5121]

Very clear and well explained. I learned a lot in a few minutes. Thanks

[@bobshelley9468]

I just love Jacky Klein............ More, more, more........... Superb/smooth presentation and voice..........

[@exserentia]

One of the tougher artists to process. As divisive as he is, also quite popular among curators. Good talk.

[@2.faced.VeeVee]

I had to watch this for art homework there was a quiz to do

[@lol-vq8dh]

Same lol. But i found it quite enjoyable

[@user-wb1vm9ex4k]

Same but an essay 😖

[@cossack814]

I’m watching this because I like art.

[@user-km6nz1gx2r]

any other homework vdeio like this recommed?

[@_Andy_A]

Really love the Courtauld gallery, such an incredible collection. I visited the Van Gogh self-portrait exhibition recently, not expecting any of the other impressionist work on show and was completely blown away by it all.

[@jacekpokrak9258]

fantastic video about Cezanne

[@michaelbyrd7883]

I wonder the discussions we would get into if the internet was around in the 19th century.

[@mehrdadmohajer3847]

C. Pizarro - self a great Artist - was the first bliever of P. Cezanne´s ingenuity. The rest of them ( Imperssionists ) didn´ have that much of faith in him. Pizarro, however keept saying Cezanne is much more advanced than any of them. He saw Cezanne as a Master of different Art Classes for generation to come and he was right about that. Among genius One´s , i ´d like to mention these 2: Jean Baptiste Corot and John Brthold Jongkind 🌷. Thank you and Jacky Klein 😊

[@BlackKettleRanch]

Excellent talk.

[@mariannapapoutsopoulou182]

Brava, madame! Paul Cézanne, what a great painter!

[@ryandwight4823]

Thank you!

[@grumpygroman]

*Magic Video... Thanks to Jacky Klein*

[@HENITalks]

We agree, Jacky is a true star. Thank you for taking the time to watch our film.

[@lifeisbeautiful2653]

I love this - will share with my students - THANK YOU. If is fabulous.

[@HENITalks]

So great to hear you used our film in this way. Did your students enjoy it too? Thank you for your kind feedback.

[@josepartida1711]

Cézanne is one of my favorite artists. Hope I can see one of his paintings in person one day.

[@barbarawenger7161]

Where do you live. His works are in many american museums!😜

[@StephenS-2024]

At least you can see all of his person in paintings.

[@gogogaga3974]

Come 2 Paris

[@louisejffisher4630]

Kindest regards and thanks for maintaining such a wealth of knowledge with beautiful presentation's and facts for us ~ * ~

[@HENITalks]

Thankyou for your support

[@jennyhughes4474]

Thank you for this - and her enthusiasm is catching! I think I might have been to the Courtauld when I was a teenager but can't really remember, anyway I can't go now because I've got a brain injury plus I live in France, so it's great you make these and put them up here for all the people who can't visit = many thanks.

[@HENITalks]

Thanks for your kind words, Jenny. We're so pleased we can grant digital access to great institutions (and works of art!) to those who may not be able to travel. Stay tuned for many more insights! All the best, the HENI Talks team.

[@user-yu2hx2kc3s]

Marvelous

[@robertmather6152]

Very informative and extremely well presented. Thank you.

[@HENITalks]

Thank you! We hope you enjoy exploring the rest of our channel ✨

[@vanessainnes-wagstaff7511]

Superb lecture, lovely to see, as I've been there and love the place. I'd love to see more of his work talked of there by her, get them all out of the storage for us! Thanks anyway.

[@HENITalks]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@kennethjameskirkpatrick1459]

Jackie your commentary on Cezanne' was nothing short of brilliant . Keep it up for other art doco's , hey ///Kenneth - artist NZ

[@normanstratford9329]

Good explanation by the woman. He was the first painter to have tones of colour for representing space or objects in space. The rounded shape of an apple was one where the eye could also see over it and as we have stereo vision, then he was retuning the rules of perspective. This really lead him onto his paintings of the view towards St Victoire where the 2D surface becomes more important than the illusion of traditional space.

[@HENITalks]

Glad you enjoyed the film, Norman - great to hear you enjoyed Jacky Klein's knowledgeable insights. Thank you for your own thoughts too.

[@sumitbasak63]

Wonderful work🙂

[@HENITalks]

Thank you, Sumit! We're so pleased you enjoyed the film - and yes, Cézanne's work is spectacular.

[@rabiart6083]

Great vedio...Thanks for create this vedio.... thanks again :)

[@HENITalks]

Thanks for watching, great to hear you enjoyed it. Subscribe to our channel for more exciting insights into art history!

[@artjaehee]

감사합니다~

[@vinodrawat6160]

Great video thanks

[@HENITalks]

Thank you for taking the time to watch! Jacky's a true star.

[@robertbutts9835]

Love his work it has the tree painting a Canadian group of 7 look ..

[@HENITalks]

I can see why you make the comparison, Mahmood. Hope you enjoyed Jacky Klein's insights into this incredible works.

[@stephanerichard6267]

Good explanation of Cezanne

[@HENITalks]

Great to hear you enjoyed it, Stéphane. Hope you explore more of our films for more fascinating insights.

[@martinamorgan1119]

Gracias,,

[@kasianikonstantinou2684]

Thenkyou it was a very helpful video and interesting

[@HENITalks]

Glad it was helpful!

[@salamander981]

Yeah Wooseong, and I get the silver medal !! Thank you Jacky, that was a fascinating film. Cezanne was a bit of a punk, he smashed the establishment rules and he didn`t give a shit. I love him for that.

[@HENITalks]

Thanks for taking the time to watch our film, Paul. We also admire Cezanne's vigour!

[@jamesscott1189]

Cezanne is a great and inspiring painter. For sheer beauty, I look back to Monet...and forward to Matisse.

[@fbpliegorrivero8869]

Beautiful. I admire Cézanne's stubbornness. He was rejected by his peers, he had to go against his father's will, he obviously didn't have the ability to draw, his painting skills were rather poor, but with that very little he had, either support or abilities, he created a beautiful world of his own starting there and then an avalanche of freedom. Probably what explains this phenomenal experience of success is the word discipline.

[@monacoion]

Eccezzionale ❤ SuntVerbaRerum Marvelous statement, who saidit?: "A Landslide in ART " WordsInLineSpaceAndTime

[@lukemotivationalideas4415]

I lov art lik hell

[@abelardogreen]

The glow. They way they made paint to glow

[@jean-francoispayette92]

Paul Klee and Paul Gauguin said Cezanne our Father master Paul Cezanne

[@carolmacdougall4112]

I have always.liked cezanne

[@jean-francoispayette92]

Paul Cezanne his new Vision of The New World Structures Cezanne one FIRST GEOMETRY Father

[@jean-francoispayette92]

Picasso Braque and Klee Matisse Gauguin and Pissaro said Master Cezanne The Father Ever Master

[@VVhistory]

There were 4 pillars of art: Michelangelo, Titian, Caravaggio and Cezanne. All of them older than the other, from different eras that influenced the rest more than anybody (Sorry Rembrandt)

[@davidvanderveer5882]

How does he take so long on a painting with out it looking "added" to?

[@HENITalks]

Perhaps it's part of Cézanne's genius! Thank you for taking the time to comment, I hope you enjoyed the film.

[@kayem3824]

They wouldn't have taken long to do. In one session most probably. Quicker than the Impressionists.

[@christianegonbarnthaler1426]

super art 1

[@HENITalks]

Yes, we're fascinated by Cézanne's super paintings too. Hope you enjoyed the film, Christian!

[@StephenS-2024]

👍

[@grafito4438]

I always "broke the norms' at Art school - it's too bad they didn't grade me for it 😋

[@edwardlobb931]

Gustave Courbet was the "Father of Modern Art". Born twenty years before Cezanne. If one can't accept Courbet, then behold: Monet was born two years after Cezanne, and Manet six years prior.

[@rohitranjan78]

The art historian looks quite delectable....

[@vnmpire111]

i wonder how many people watched this for art homework...

[@vinodrawat6160]

She is looking like a painting .

[@jean-francoispayette92]

The structures composition of Cezanne and his IQ master nuances brain of Colours, Master Paul Cezanne , Paul Klee said CEZANNE ? the Best of uS , AND Paul Gauguin said the same ! Ouch, , and many others ......

[@jean-francoispayette92]

Cezanne his blues and grey nuances colours are so too much IQ intelligent for humain , this is the tragedie , too much brain Cezanne for human , just look nuances colors and structures like an architectures of Johann Sebastioan Bach Mathematics compo like French and English Suites for Harpsichord

[@franziskabeilfu1902]

Nice talk, but what a pain to see these brilliant works in those clumsy frames, hung down the walls with big chains and clip-on lamps! Really!?

[@luisibarra5993]

There are so many "fathers of modern art"... It will all depend on the inclination of the presenter. Goya for instance is said to to be the Father of a whole new era in Art... And so on. Cesanne did his contribution, no doubt about it, but the "father of modern art"? That is debatable.

[@jacobdavidson7316]

Why are my school making me do this

[@123agidee_2]

Who thinks cezanne is classical?! Do they know what classical painting is

[@expromanticart6491]

With all due respect, he is not the father of modern art. He is the one who inspired Cubism. However, Cubism itself is not much of a style. The fact that Picasso became the most famous artist of the 20th century had a lot to do with the spread of Cubism. Even Picasso abandoned it to move on, exploring other methods of painting. Just because Picasso said he was the father of us all does not make the statement true. The most significant art movement in the last century was and is Expressionism. It was a truly new style coming from the Fauvists. Then, two schools of German artists explored it much further.They (Fauvists) themselves were influenced by Van Gogh. The bold and quick brush stroke was emotionally provocative, and was among other reasons which made it a unique style. Jackson Pollock and other Abstract Expressionists were heavily using their techniques. The man who could easily be considered the father of modern art is really Delacroix. This space is too limiting to discuss and explain why. Please research the field if you are really into this.

[@HENITalks]

Great to hear another perspective on this! Thank you for taking the time to make this case.

[@expromanticart6491]

@@HENITalks Thank you and welcome, I am an artist myself. Look up expromanticism.com please. There are more readings there.

[@JohnnyArtPavlou]

Well stated, thank you. I will keep this in mind as I view and study the works of Delacroix. In some ways I consider Gustav Courbet as one of the fathers of Modern Art. More for his vision and sensibility rather than his style, per se

[@HENITalks]

Thank you for another interesting take. I hope you enjoyed our film!

[@HENITalks]

Brilliant use of colour! Thanks for sharing your work with us, lovely to see.

[@NJHomeStaging]

Too many analyze paintings too much. It's a painting of trees. That's it. Plain and simple. No mystery about the trunks, the swaying of the branches, etc. It's a painting of trees.

[@angeloperez6963]

Modern art sucks, Rennaisance for life!

[@martinamorgan1119]

Zane little boy has a pretty little think,,,,,,,,

[@sehpich]

You are wrong! It is Manet, not Cezanne. Cezanne may be the father of Picasso's Cubism, but that is all. Study first like me, 40 years or more, then post.

[@zthetha]

Never in the field of art history has more bullshit been talked by so many over so little. Cezanne could not draw, could not paint, and could not talk sense about art. Why he became so popular among artists and arty farts is a mystery. The only reason I can think of is that like Bob Dylan years later who sang very badly - so badly that he was hailed as a genius - Cezanne cottoned on to the same con in his own field of endeavour. As for being the father of modern art... oh, come on... there is an old documentary on here about Paul Gauguin who really was the Father of Modern Art and only discredited because of the phoney moral hypocrisy of the time.

[@mattfortunato6319]

lots of nudity and fruit

[@mathstar4176]

You gotta keep pushing the boundaries to the limit, pull all the stops, if it goes extra terrestrial, don't care man ! 😎👽🐻🎨✌️💕🚐🎥🐎

[@Friedsteel]

Thank you!