Plate of Fruit on a Chair
1879 Barnes Foundation
About this artwork
This still life features a blue-rimmed plate laden with pears and apples, rendered with Cézanne's characteristic brushwork, against an abstracted background that may include a chair or table.
Did you know?
Paul Cézanne, a pivotal figure in Post-Impressionism, often returned to the still life genre to explore his innovative approaches to form and color. He would famously arrange his fruit for days, carefully studying their relationship to space and light before committing them to canvas. His unique method of building objects with planes of color and simplifying forms was highly influential, paving the way for Cubism and other modern art movements.
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Plate of Fruit on a Chair
Paul Cezanne, 1879
