Noucentisme i Cézanne. Història d'un dissortat magisteri

The huge influence of Cézanne's works since 1906 coincides in Catalonia with the first signs of the Noucentisme movement. This situation allows the new aesthetic program to present the painter as a fundamental reference point. Cézanne's work is the best example for the new classicism; however, it is necessary to specify the limits of the model. Thus Cézanne is extremely useful as a example of essential objectivity; but modern art has to add another point to this lesson: the ideal reconstruction of reality is based upon its previous knowledge. The artistic literature of the period repeatedly explains this partial lesson of the model; however, real painting, especially since 1911, has become a simple follower of Cézannian forms. This is the relation between Cezannism and Noucentisme which explains many aspects of a certain aesthetic proposal, but also permits us to see a discordance between its protagonists.