Paul Ceacute;zanne was the leading figure in the revolution toward abstraction in modern painting. His influence on the course of modern art; particularly on the development of cubism; is enormous and deep. In his early career; he was strongly influenced by Delacroix and Courbet. Through Pissarro; Cezanne came to know Manet and the Impressionist painters. He exhibited with the Impressionists in 1874; but eventually rejected what he considered the Impressionists lack of structure. Cezanne sought to "recreate nature" by simplifying forms to their basic geometric equivalents; utilizing contrasts of colour and considerable distortion to express the essence of landscape; still-lifes; and figural groupings. Instead of adhering to the traditional focalized system of perspective; he portrayed objects from shifting viewpoints. Cezanne worked in oil; watercolour; and drawing media; often making several versions of his works.
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