Dish of Apples
1876 Metropolitan Museum of Art
About this artwork
This still life features a white cloth draped over a surface, holding a plate laden with apples and other fruits, alongside a decorative lidded jar. The background reveals an ornate console table or mantelpiece and patterned elements.
Did you know?
Cézanne's still lifes are renowned for their exploration of form and color, moving beyond Impressionism's fleeting moments to reveal the underlying structure of objects. He famously advised a fellow painter to "treat nature by the cylinder, the sphere, the cone," a principle evident in the simplified, geometric forms of the fruits in this painting. This work exemplifies his groundbreaking approach to still life, influencing Cubism and modern art.
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Dish of Apples
Paul Cezanne, 1876
