The paradox in the evolution of French painting from Courbe… - Clement Greenberg

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The paradox in the evolution of French painting from Courbet to Cézanne is how it was brought to the verge of abstraction in and by its very effort to transcribe visual appearance with ever greater fidelity.

Clement Greenberg

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Clement Greenberg (January 16, 1909 – May 7, 1994) was an American art critic known for his advocacy of Abstract Expressionism.

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