Paul Cézanne vs. Willem Roelofs
Side-by-side comparison of two thinkers
Paul Cézanne
1872 – 1947
Paul Cézanne was a French Post-Impressionist painter whose work introduced new modes of representation, influenced avant-garde artistic movements of the early 20th century and formed the bridge between late 19th-century Impressionism and early 20th-century Cubism.
"You must forgive me for continually coming back to the same thing; but I believe in the logical development of everything we see and feel through the study of n…"
Willem Roelofs
1822 – 1897
Willem Roelofs was a Dutch painter, water-colourist, etcher, lithographer and draughtsman. Roelofs was one of the forerunners of the Dutch Revival art, after the Romantic Classicism of the beginning of the 19th century, which led to the formation of The Hague school. His landscapes, especially the early ones with their dominating cloudy skies, demure bodies of water and populated with cattle, are typical for the School of Barbizon.
"Lately I have been asking for landscape with animals, so I have devoted a lot of time this year sketching cows."
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