Today, the 19th of January 2013, is Paul Cézanne’s 174th Birth Anniversary.
Sept 2008
Pix: Cézanne et moi (Cézanne & I) at Musée d’Orsay, Paris .
Sept 2008
Pix: With Cézanne’s still life paintings – at Musée d’Orsay, Paris . (of course I do not look like that anymore, I’ve put on a bit)
Born on 19th January 1839, Paul Cézanne happens to be my favourite impressionist/post-impressionist artist, and among my favourite artists of various modern art movements of the 19th & 20th century. Surrealist artist Salvador Dalì, being my favourite artist ever.
Although being a fan of painting of the human figure, as most my own artworks tend to concentrate on the human figure, and I do love Cézanne’s nudes as well, especially his use of the shades of blue in them; my favourite Cézanne works happen to be his still life paintings. The uniqueness of his use of bright colours on the fruits. The bright reds and yellows blending into the darker greens, his brushstrokes of very quick strokes and lazily done slower smoother strokes, both sometimes within the same painting etc etc, he is the greatest when it comes to the still life impressionist works.
If you look at the paintings that I’m standing in front of, the one on the right hand corner, you can see how he has removed the monotony of a horizontal axis, by the insertion of the vertical bottle and glass. Plus he’s managed to put the whole picture into background by the insertion of a knife. Just by the removal of the knife, you’ll get the illusion of the fruits being in the foreground, although they are kept in the same place. And if you look at the picture, that is partially covered by me, you can see movement. Actually majority of his still life’s are not still, there’s always movement. As if the fruits are falling or something happening in the picture. His works on Skulls are also pretty interesting. Reminds me of the Catacombs in Paris (which I visited back in July 2009). Boy, I miss Paris, the most beautiful city I’ve lived in, though just for less than a year (2008-2009).
To Paul Cézanne (1839-1906). He lives on through his masterpieces.
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Today also happens to be the birthday of young Logan Lerman.
Happy 21st to the very likable Mr. Lerman, my youngest favourite actor.
After seeing him in one of my favourite satires from recent times, Meet Bill (2007), and one of the best westerns of the new century 3:10 to Yuma (2007), he is the best among the actors of his age group. Although I liked Abigail Breslin and Cameron Bright, who did some great work in Little Miss Sunshine (2006) and Birth (2004) respectively, who happen to be younger than Lerman, I’ven’t seen them appear in that good a movie more recently. While Lerman has proved he’ll be a future superstar (if not already) with the kind of varied roles he’s had since his childhood. Primarily he’s a really good actor, and not just a pretty face, and has a very likable persona. Am keen on watching his most recent venture, Perks of being a Wallflower (2012).
Wishing you all the best on your Key B’day.
Cheers Nuwan Sen
Check out what I’ve written about Logan Lerman previously on IMDB, on my list titled ‘Top 5 Nouveau Comedies (2001 – 2010)‘ May 2011 & ‘No Name‘ Oct 2011.
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