Still life with dresser
1885 Bavarian State Painting Collections
About this artwork
This still life by Paul Cézanne features a composition of everyday objects including a bowl overflowing with apples, a tall green vase, a patterned light blue pot, and a white lidded sugar bowl, all arranged on a draped surface against a dark wooden dresser with visible keyholes and a decorative panel to the left.
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Paul Cézanne elevated the still life genre, using it as a laboratory to explore form, light, and perspective, challenging traditional realism. He painstakingly arranged objects, sometimes for days, to capture their essence and structure, influencing future generations of artists like Picasso and Braque. His still lifes, often featuring apples, became iconic for their revolutionary approach to space and volume.
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Still life with dresser
Paul Cezanne, 1885
