“ 对我来说,绘画当然比世界上其他任何东西都重要。我想,当我在大自然面前时,我的头脑会变得更清晰。不幸的是,我的感觉的实现对我来说总是一个非常痛苦的过程。我似乎无法表达强烈的感情冲击着我的感官。丰富多彩的色彩使大自然生气勃勃,我无法控制自己的情绪。我真想把它画出来!莫奈,他有力量。” -塞尚谈绘画
天才的人群在数量上一定严重少于天赋的人群,这说法不怎么通顺严谨,但意思相信大家是懂的。
艺术家里天才,尽管有达·芬奇、拉斐尔、马奈、毕加索、达利等等一串耀眼的名字,但填充艺术史的大多数还是具有天赋的人。
艺术是要天赋的。
不过,进了艺术之门的绝大多数已经是具有天赋的。影响艺术最终发展的,说到底是长久的勤奋和专注,而且无论这些过程中发生了什么,都能心无旁骛地做这一件事:不停地看、画、想。
如果说,因为榜样的力量,要给从艺者一个学习的榜样,我竭力推荐塞尚,保罗 · 塞尚!
巴勃罗 · 毕加索在1907年,也就是保罗 · 塞尚去世的第二年举办的塞尚大型回顾展上,这个目中无人的天才感慨而谦卑地说:塞尚是我的父亲,也是所有艺术家的父亲。这就是塞尚成为现代艺术之父的初始由来。
毕加索是惊叹于塞尚的观察方法和对自然万物的形体归纳,这一次的触动使得毕加索在同年创作了立体主义的标杆作品《亚维农少女》。
大家现在不要被塞尚高山仰止的江湖地位和高不可攀的拍卖价位吓到,其实,在同时代的印象派画家群体里,塞尚反而是最落寞的一位,也是最有参照系数的一位。
与早先的大多数年轻人一样,塞尚很早就喜欢绘画和诗歌。二十出头的诗歌里
除了赞美女性的嘴和胸,就是无休止的在荷尔蒙的驱动下抒发一些臆想的情感,也不见什么特别的文采。
青年时代的素描和色彩也就勉强能进艺考本科线。近三十岁,也就有几张有点像样的色彩风景,人物创作仍然是色彩脏暗,人物变形,安排生硬。而且这个时期的明显问题是素描和色彩、习作和创作的相互严重不匹配。
当我们在世界上著名艺术馆和拍卖会上看到此类作品,不要盲目,要知道这些仅仅是作为崇高地位的大师的一个阶段而显得珍贵有加。
ACADÉMIE D'HOMME , 1862
Signed Cézanne and dated 1862 (on the reverse)
Charcoal on paper
24 by 18 1/2 in. 61 by 47 cm
PAYSAGE DU MIDI , 1865
Oil on canvas
9 5/8 by 15 in. 24.5 by 38.3 cm
LOT SOLD. 845,000 USD
ROCHERS DANS LA FĆRET, FONTAINEBLEAU , 1865-68
oil on canvas
41.1 by 33cm , 16 1/8 by 13in.
PAYSAGE , 1866
Oil on canvas
11 by 13 3/4 in.
27.8 by 34.9 cm
LOT SOLD. 485,000 USD
L'ONCLE DOMINIQUE EN CASQUETTE , 1866-67
Oil on canvas
16 1/8 by 13 1/8 in.
41 by 33.3 cm
LOT SOLD. 7,098,000 USD
ROCHERS ,1867-70
oil on canvas
54 by 65cm , 21 1/4 by 25 1/2 in.
LE RESTAURANT MISTRAL À L’ESTAQUE , 1870
Gouache, watercolor and pencil on paper
9 1/8 by 14 in. , 23 by 35.6 cm
LOT SOLD. 225,000 USD
BAIGNEURS ET BAIGNEUSES , 1870-75
Watercolor and pencil on paper
4 7/8 by 9 3/4 in. , 12.4 by 24.8 cm
LOT SOLD.875.300,000 USD
FEMME ALLAITANT SON ENFANT , 1872
oil on canvas
23.2 by 23.2cm., 9 1/8 by 9 1/8 in.
LOT SOLD. 1,385,000 GBP
Vue d’Auvers-sur-Oise—La Barrière , 1873
signed ‘P Cezanne’ (lower right)
oil on canvas
18 x 14 7/8 in. (45.8 x 37.7 cm.)
Price realised , USD 2,412,500
PORTRAIT DE PAUL CÉZANNE 毕沙罗1874年为塞尚画的肖像素描
stamped CP and numbered 60/75 in the margin (lower right); inscribed Pissarro and dated 1874 on the plate (lower right) and inscribed C. Pissarro on the plate (upper left)
etching on laid paper
Plate size: 27 by 21.6cm., 10 5/8 by 8 1/2 in.
Sheet size: 46 by 28.6cm., 181/8 by 11¼in.
Executed in 1874; the present impression is from the posthumous edition published between 1911 and 1920
1874年,塞尚参加了首届印象派画展。此后又连续参加了两届。不过残酷的现实是,尽管社会大众普遍接受古典主义,对印象派采取看热闹的心态。真正接受印象派的并不多见,而恰恰是这为数不多的观众对塞尚作品依然冷漠无视,再加上和同展的印象派画家作品相差明显,方向不一,从1877年之后的20年塞尚再也没有展出作品。那是一种新与旧都不接受的窘境。80年代开始塞尚就主动与被动地远离人群。
塞尚的作品从不标明创作年代,有的甚至没有签名,这也是另一方面表明他本人对自身作品的不满意。这种“不良习惯”一直将错就错地沿用到最后。所以,我们现在看到的作品年代都是“大约”(about circa)。
1895年,在毕沙罗、莫奈、雷诺阿等人强烈要求下画商沃尔德在11月至12月一个月内举办塞尚个展,展出150幅作品,才慢慢开始得到外界关注。
1906年,塞尚外出写生突遇暴风雨,发肺炎,10月22日医治无效,去世。
还有些事情,下期再说吧。
Marronniers et ferme du Jas de Bouffan , 1876
signed 'P. Cezanne-' (lower left)
oil on canvas
19½ x 25 5/8 in. (49.5 x 65 cm.)
Price realised , USD 4,645,000
Oil on canvas , 47 x 56 cm
Les deux vases de fleurs , 1877
oil on canvas
221/8 x 183/8 in. (56 x 46.3 cm.)
Price realised , USD 3,086,000
La côte Saint-Denis à Pontoise , 1877
signed 'P. Cezanne' (lower left)
oil on canvas
25 ¾ x 21 3/8 in. (65.4 x 54.2 cm.)
Price realised , USD 8,647,500
LA CÔTE DU JALLAIS À PONTOISE ,1877-81
Pencil and watercolor on paper
12 3/8 by 19 1/2 in.
31.5 by 49.5 cm
LOT SOLD. 605,000 USD
Oil on canvas , 72.5 x 56 cm
Oil on canvas , 38 x 46 cm
Oil on canvas , 52.5 x 56 cm
Oil on canvas , 56 x 72 cm
CARAFE ET BOL ,1878-80
Watercolor and pencil on paper
6 7/8 by 4 1/2 in.
17.5 by 11.4 cm
LOT SOLD. 989,000 USD
Oil on canvas , 73 x 92 cm
L'Estaque vu à travers les arbres ,1879
oil on canvas
17 5/8 x 21 in. (44.7 x 53.4 cm.)
Price realised , USD 4,409,500
Village derrière des arbres, Île-de-France , 1879
oil on canvas
22 x 18 ¼ in. (55.9 x 46.3 cm.)
Price realised, USD 3,413,000
Chemin à l'entrée de la forêt , 1879
oil and pencil on canvas
217/8 x 18¼ in. (55.6 x 46.2 cm.)
Price realised , USD 1,821,000
Femme assise , 1879
oil on canvas
21 5/8 x 18 1/8 in. (55 x 46 cm.)
Price realised ,GBP 4,533,000
Oil on canvas , 45.5 x 55 cm
VERRE ET POIRES , 1879-80
oil on canvas
19 by 38.7cm.
7 1/2 by 15 1/4 in.
LOT SOLD. 4,073,250 GBP
Cinq baigneuses (recto); Etudes de baigneuse (verso)
pencil on paper, squared for transfer (recto); pencil on paper (verso)
5 3/8 x 5 ¼ in. (13.7 x 13.5 cm.)
Drawn in 1879-1882
Price realised ,USD 495,000
CÉZANNE FILS DORMANT - RECTO ÉTUDE D'ARBRES - VERSO
pencil on paper
15.8 by 23.5cm., 6 1/8 by 9 1/4 in.
Drawn circa 1880.
FLEURS DANS UN VASE ROUGE , 1880-81
Oil and pencil on canvas
18 by 21 3/4 in.
46 by 55 cm
LOT SOLD. 3,218,500 USD
FLEURS DANS UN POT D'OLIVES , 1880-82
Oil on canvas
27 2/5 by 22 7/8 in.
69.5 by 58 cm
LOT SOLD. 6,298,000 USD
PORTRAIT DE VICTOR CHOCQUET
Oil on canvas
18 by 15 in. , 46 by 38 cm
Painted circa 1880-85.
LA RIVIÈRE , 1881
oil on canvas
50 by 61cm.
19 5/8 by 24in.
LOT SOLD. 2,505,250 GBP
Oil on canvas , 81 x 66 cm
Le pont et le barrage à Pontoise
oil on canvas
23¼ x 28 3/8 in. (59.1 x 72.1 cm.)
Painted in 1881
Price realised , USD 7,922,500
Oil on canvas , 55 x 46 cm
Oil on canvas , 65 x 50 cm
Oil on canvas , 59.7 x 74.9 cm
Oil on canvas , 25.5 x 33.5 cm
Oil on canvas , 73 x 92 cm
Oil on canvas , 60 x 75 cm
Oil on canvas , 71 x 73 cm
Mountain Sainte-Victoire1882-1885
Oil on canvas, 65,5 × 81,7 cm
Metropolitan Museum of Art New York
Oil on canvas , 60 x 73 cm
Vue sur L'Estaque et le Château d'If
oil on canvas
28 3/4 x 23 1/2 in. (73 x 59.7 cm.)
Painted circa 1883-1885
Price realised , GBP 13,522,500
Oil on canvas , 80 x 99.6 cm
Oil on canvas , 65 x 100 cm
Watercolor on paper , 21.5 x 12 cm
Oil on canvas , 26 x 20.3 cm
Oil on canvas , 46 x 38 cm
LA FEMME Ć L'HERMINE, D'APRĆS LE GRECO
Oil on canvas
20 7/8 by 19 1/4 in.
53 by 49 cm
Painted in 1885-86.
Nature morte de pêches et poires
oil on canvas
15 x 18 1/8 in. (38 x 46.3 cm.)
Painted in 1885-1887
Price realised ,GBP 21,744,500
Mountain Sainte-Victoire, 1885-1887
Oil on canvas, 67 × 92 cm
Courtauld Institute Galleries London
BETHSABĆE , 1885-90
Oil on canvas
8 by 7 7/8 in.
21.5 by 20 cm
LOT SOLD. 752,500 USD
Oil on canvas , 80 x 64.2 cm
Oil on canvas , 92 x 74.6 cm
Oil on canvas , 54 x 73 cm
Oil on canvas , 93 x 73.7 cm
ENVIRONS DE GARDANNE
Oil on canvas
23 by 28 Ā¼ in.
58.5 by 71.8 cm
Painted in 1886-1890.
LOT SOLD. 10,457,000 USD
Oil on canvas , 44 x 36 cm
Oil on canvas , 62 x 51 cm
Oil on canvas , 67 x 92 cm
55 x 65 cm
Oil on canvas , 73 x 92 cm
Oil on canvas , 60 x 71 cm
Oil on canvas , 62 x 51 cm
Oil on canvas , 50 x 60 cm
Oil on canvas , 65 x 81 cm
VÉNUS ET AMOURS - RECTO D'APRÈS L'ANTIQUE: DIANE CHASSERESSE - VERSO , 1887-90
pencil on paper - recto & verso
12 by 19.5cm., 4 3/4 by 7 5/8 in.
LOT SOLD. 31,250 GBP
CHEVAUX DE TRAIT (D'APRÈS GÉRICAULT)
mine de plomb sur papier
17,5 x 18,2 cm, 6 7/8 x 7 1/8 in.
Dessiné vers 1887-90, d'après le dessin de Géricault conservé au Cabinet des Dessins du Musée du Louvre.
Oil on canvas ,102 x 81 cm
Oil on canvas , 46.5 x 70.5 cm
Oil on canvas , 71 x 90 cm
Oil on canvas , 81 x 65 cm
Oil on canvas , 65 x 81 cm
Bouilloire et fruits , 1888-90
oil on canvas
19 1/8 x 23 5/8 in. (48.6 x 60 cm.)
Price realised , USD 59,295,000
Oil on canvas , 85 x 92 cm
Oil on canvas , 64.5 x 80 cm
LES POMMES , 1889-90
Oil on canvas
15 1/8 by 18 1/8 in.
38.5 by 46 cm
LOT SOLD. 41,605,000 USD
Oil on canvas , 65 x 81 cm
Oil on canvas , 64 x 80 cm
Oil on canvas , 62.5 x 91 cm
Oil on canvas , 65 x 81 cm
Oil on canvas , 60 x 73 cm
Oil on canvas , 73 x 92 cm
Oil on canvas , 72 x 92 cm
Oil on canvas , 75 x 92 cm
Oil on canvas , 82 x 65.5 cm
Oil on canvas , 60 x 73 cm
Oil on cavas , 61 x 90 cm
Oil on canvas , 27 x 36 cm
NATURE MORTE
Oil on canvas
11 1/8 by 15 7/8 in.
28.3 by 40.5 cm
PaintedĀ circaĀ 1890.Ā
LOT SOLD. 8,131,000 USD
Oil on canvas , 32.1 x 23.5 cm
Oil on canvas , 73 x 92 cm
pastel, on cardboard , 64.5 x 54 cm
Oil on canvas , 89 x 70 cm
Madame Cezanne in a Yellow Chair , 1890
Oil on canvas , 92 x 73 cm
Oil on canvas , 47 x 39 cm
Oil on canvas , 74.1 x 60 cm
Oil on canvas , 92 x 65 cm
Oil on canvas , 92 x 65 cm
Oil on canvas , 90 x 72 cm
Feuilles dans un pot vert , 1890-92
watercolor on paper
18¾ x 12¼ in. (47.5 x 30.5 cm.)
Price realised , USD 1,664,000
BAIGNEURS , 1890-95
oil on canvas
19 by 26cm.
7 1/2 by 10 1/4 in.
LOT SOLD. 3,666,500 GBP
Oil on canvas , 135.3 x 181.9 cm
Oil on canvas ,92 x 73 cm
ARBRES ET MAISONS AU BORD DE L'EAU ,1892-93
Oil on canvas
20 1/8 by 24 in.
51.2 by 61 cm
LOT SOLD. 11,137,400 USD
Sous-bois (recto),
Chapeau et fleurs dans une bouteille (verso)
watercolour, charcoal and pencil on paper (recto); pencil on paper (verso)
18 7/8 x 12½ in. (48 x 31.2 cm.)
Executed circa 1900-1904 (recto);
drawn circa 1892-96 (verso)
Price realised , GBP 1,588,000
ARBRES ET MAISONS AU BORD DE L'EAU , 1892-93
Oil on canvas
20 1/8 by 24 in.
51.2 by 61 cm
LOT SOLD. 11,137,400 USD
Oil on canvas , 64.1 x 80 cm
Oil on canvas , 57 x 61.5 cm
Oil on canvas , 73 x 91 cm
Oil on canvas , 46.5 x 55.5 cm
Oil on canvas , 65 x 81 cm
PICHET ET FRUITS SUR UNE TABLE
oil on paper laid down on panel
41.5 by 72.3 cm.
16 3/8 by 28 1/2 in.
Painted in 1893-94.
LOT SOLD. 11,801,250 GBP
Oil on canvas , 47 x 55 cm
Oil on canvas , 50 x 60 cm
Oil on canvas , 100.3 x 81.3 cm
Oil on canvas , 43.2 x 62.8 cm
Oil on paper , 41 x 72 cm
Oil on canvas , 73 x 92 cm
Oil on canvas , 65.5 x 81.5 cm
Oil on canvas , 46 x 55 cm
Oil on canvas , 58 x 91 cm
Oil on canvas , 59 x 72.4 cm
Oil on canvas , 58.5 x 42 cm
Oil on canvas , 65.1 x 81 cm
Oil on canvas , 73 x 92 cm
Oil on canvas , 73 x 92 cm
Oil on canvas , 65 x 81 cm
Oil on canvas , 72 x 91 cm
Oil on canvas , 73.3 x 60.3 cm
Nature morte aux fruits et pot de gingembre
oil on canvas
181/8 x 241/8in. (46 x 61cm.)
Painted circa 1895
Price realised , GBP 12,103,750
Oil on paper , 70 x 57 cm
Oil on canvas , 55 x 74 cm
Oil on canvas , 130.5 x 96.5 cm
Oil on canvas , 55 x 46 cm
ROCHERS PRĆS DES GROTTES AU-DESSUS DE CHĆTEAU NOIR (ROCHERS Ć BIBĆMUS)
Watercolor on paper
18Ā¼ by 12 in.
46.4 by 30.5 cm
Executed in 1895-1900.
LOT SOLD. 2,280,000 USD
Oil on canvas , 92 x 73 cm
Oil on canvas , 80.6 x 65.5 cm
Oil on canvas , 48 x 58 cm
THE LARGE BATHERS (VENTURI 1157; DRUICK I),创作时间不详
Lithograph, 1896-98, Venturi's first state (of three), from the edition of circa 100, on MBM laid paper with the watermark, framed
image: 410 by 501 mm 16⅛ by 19¾ in
sheet: 477 by 627 mm 18¾ by 24¾ in
LES BAIGNEURS (GRANDE PLANCHE) (DRUICK I; VENTURI 1157)
Lithograph printed in colours, 1896-8, Druick's third (final) state, after the removal of the lithographic inscription, from the edition of approximately 100 impressions, printed by Auguste Clot, published by Ambroise Vollard, Paris, on MBM laid paper, framed
image: 410 by 510mm 16 1/8 by 20in
sheet: 480 by 570mm 17 7/8 by 22 1/2 in
Oil on canvas , 65 x 81 cm
Oil on canvas , 91 x 66 cm
Oil on canvas , 81 x 65 cm
FEMME NUE DEBOUT , 1898-99
Oil on canvas
36 Ā½ by 28 in.
92.7 by 71.1 cm
LOT SOLD. 5,346,500 USD
Oil on canvas , 59.2 x 81 cm
Road Before the Mountain Sainte-Victoire 1898-1902,
Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg
Oil on canvas , 26 x 40 cm
Oil on canvas , 55 x 46 cm
Oil on canvas , 65.4 x 54.3 cm
Oil on canvas , 66 x 82 cm
Oil on canvas , 130 x 97.5 cm
Oil on canvas , 61 x 81 cm
Oil on canvas , 34.9 x 61 cm
Oil on canvas , 39 x 46.5 cm
THE BATHERS , 1900
pen and ink and pencil on paper
11.5 by 20cm.; 4 1/2 by 8in.
GROUPE DE BAIGNEURS , 1900
Watercolor and pencil on paper
7 1/4 by 10 1/2 in.
18.4 by 26.7 cm
LOT SOLD. 1,608,000 USD
Oil on canvas , 65 X 81 cm
Oil on canvas , 91 x 71 cm
Oil on canvas , 54.6 x 45 cm
Oil on canvas , 63.5 x 50.8 cm
THE BATHERS , 1900
pen and ink and pencil on paper
11.5 by 20cm.; 4 1/2 by 8in.
Oil on canvas , 136 x 191 cm
Portrait de femme
oil on canvas
25 5/8 x 21¼ in. (65 x 54 cm.)
Painted circa 1900
Price realised , USD 10,087,500
Oil on canvas , 92 x 73 cm
Oil on canvas , 88 x 72 cm
Oil on canvas , 91 x 72 cm
Oil on canvas , 20 x 33 cm
Oil on canvas , 81 x 99 cm
Watercplor on paper
FEMME ASSISE (MADAME CĆZANNE)
watercolour and pencil on paper
49 by 37.2cm.
19 1/4 by 14 5/8 in.
Executed in 1902-04.
LOT SOLD. 3,554,500 GBP
FEMME ASSISE (MADAME CÉZANNE) ,1902-04
watercolour and pencil on paper
49 by 37.2cm.
19 1/4 by 14 5/8 in.
LOT SOLD. 3,554,500 GBP
BAIGNEUSES, LA MONTAGNE SAINTE-VICTOIRE AU FOND
watercolour and pencil on paper
12.5 by 21.3cm.
4 7/8 by 8 3/8 in.
Executed circa 1902-06. There is a pencil sketch of houses on the verso.
NATURE MORTE AU MELON VERT ,1902-06
Watercolor and pencil on paper
12 3/8 by 18 3/4 in.
31.5 by 47.5 cm
LOT SOLD. 25,520,000 USD
Water on paper , 48 x 31 cm
Watercolor on paper
Portrait de Vallier
watercolor over pencil on paper
18¾ x 12¼ in. (47.5 x 31 cm)
Painted in 1904-1906
Price realised, USD 17,401,000
Oil on canvas , 65 x 54 cm
Oil on canvas , 91 x 71 cm
Oil on canvas , 73 x 92 cm
Oil on canvas , 73 x 92 cm
Oil on canvas , 73 x 60 cm
Oil on canvas , 73 x 92 cm
Oil on canvas , 22 x 33 cm
Oil on canvas , 59 x 80 cm
Oil on canvas , 65.6 x 81 cm
Oil on canvas , 60 x 72 cm
Oil on canvas , 65 X 81 cm
Oil on canvas
Oil on canvas , 63.5 x 83 cm
Oil on canvas , 65 X 81 cm
Oil on canvas , 107.4 x 74.5 cm
The Old Gardener , 1906
Oil on canvas , 210 x 251 cm
Oil on canvas , 29.2 x 23.5 cm
Oil on canvas , 208 x 249 cm
Watercolor on paper
Watercolor on paper , 31 x 49 cm
1906, watercolor, graphite, paper , 31.5 x 43.1 cm
Oil on canvas , 65 X 54 cm
LE DÉJEUNER SUR L'HERBE (CHERPIN 9),创作年代不详
Lithograph printed in colors, circa 1914, from the edition of unknown size, on China paper, unframed
image: 330 by 380 mm 13 by 15 in
sheet: 355 by 459 mm 14 by 18 in