Paul Cézanne - Straw-Trimmed Vase Sugar Bowl and Apples 1890-1893
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Straw-Trimmed Vase Sugar Bowl and Apples 1890-1893
36x46cm oil/canvas
Paris, Musee de l'Orangerie
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From Paris, Musee de l'Orangerie:
This still life is one of the finest examples of Cézanne’s inventiveness in which he adopts a radical new approach, representing the objects and fruits from an unlikely perspective. Here he chooses coherent composition over realistic depiction, rejecting a plausible representation of the motifs’ form and texture, as well as of their positions in relation to the table. Cézanne even introduces elements that are difficult to identify, such as the vertical line on the right of the vase, and the oblique line on the right (a knife handle?). Similarly, he refrained from erasing his initial traces for the position of the vase. As for the apparently unbalanced plate of fruit, Cézanne included it in several other paintings.