1917, Leon Kroll, Landscape - Two Rivers -- Baltimore Museum of Art
From the museum label: Leon Kroll first encountered the work of Paul Cézanne in 1909, in the window of a Paris gallery. He later recalled, "I looked at those two pictures in the window, and they fascinated me." He had never heard Cézanne's name before, but the French artist's influence became very important to Kroll's work over the course of the next 10 years. In 1917, Kroll produced a group of landscapes that show Cézanne's inspiration most vividly, including this view of Eddyville, New York. It is painted with a technique reminiscent of Cézanne's work, particularly his use of volumetric form, rich color, and sense of monumentality. "I don't copy nature," Kroll said. "I just use it... I select out of nature what I need and then compose it. I shift the buildings and I shift the trees."
1917, Leon Kroll, Landscape - Two Rivers -- Baltimore Museum of Art
From the museum label: Leon Kroll first encountered the work of Paul Cézanne in 1909, in the window of a Paris gallery. He later recalled, "I looked at those two pictures in the window, and they fascinated me." He had never heard Cézanne's name before, but the French artist's influence became very important to Kroll's work over the course of the next 10 years. In 1917, Kroll produced a group of landscapes that show Cézanne's inspiration most vividly, including this view of Eddyville, New York. It is painted with a technique reminiscent of Cézanne's work, particularly his use of volumetric form, rich color, and sense of monumentality. "I don't copy nature," Kroll said. "I just use it... I select out of nature what I need and then compose it. I shift the buildings and I shift the trees."