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ALBERT ENZ FROM CEZANNE<br />

TO ALBERTO BURRI<br />

Paul Cézanne (1839) was born in Aix-en-Provence. An artist who marked<br />

the beginning of a new era in art, he is remembered as one of the early<br />

pioneers of contemporary art.<br />

The title of the paragraph that references from Cézanne to Burri might appear<br />

somewhat misleading. However, Albert Enz's art indeed holds numerous<br />

similarities, especially with the former artist, along with certain<br />

references to the latter in specific works.<br />

Cézanne's method of painting was highly reflective and logical. He distanced<br />

himself from the Impressionists' approach, who represented on canvas<br />

what they saw, in favor of a more structured representation.<br />

Cézanne synthesized the forms of nature into geometries; according to him,<br />

nature itself was a geometric architecture composed of cylinders and<br />

spheres. In this sense, the modulation of color was crucial, rejecting flat<br />

structures. As Cézanne expressed, "Color is the place where our brain and<br />

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