The five oil paintings done by Paul Cézanne during the 1890's and entitled Les Joueurs de Cartes will be considered in this thesis both individually and collectively as a series. Certain developments in Cézanne's life are noted as likely reasons for his return to figure painting with the Joueurs series. One chapter is focused on Cézanne's artistic taste and art theory as well as the extent that both were influenced by various artistic and literary traditions. Other chapters are concentrated on the possible sources for these paintings, their formal features, chronology and interpretation. Central to the issues in several chapters is a stylistic division between the multi-figure versions in the series and the two-figure ones -- the latter bear nascent features of Cézanne's distinctive late style, developed largely from his increased use of the watercolor medium.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:RICE/oai:scholarship.rice.edu:1911/17018 |
| Date | January 1985 |
| Creators | KYLE, JILL ANDERSON |
| Source Sets | Rice University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis, Text |
| Format | application/pdf |
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