Title: Still Life with Apples

Artist: Paul Cézanne

Title: Still Life with Apples Date: About 1893–94 Artist: Paul Cézanne (French, 1839–1906) Medium: Oil on canvas Description This painting dates from Cézanne’s mature, most influential phase, during which he sought to, as he said, "make of Impressionism something solid and durable, like the art of the museums." The work’s gridlike composition, tight integration of objects, and controlled brushwork convey a powerful sense of solidity. Three-dimensional forms, each rendered from different points of view, are bound together on the flat surface of the picture; an apple, for example, is captured by an arabesque escaping from the blue cloth.