Why it matters
A basket of apples and a bottle stand on a table that seems to tilt in several directions at once. Cézanne abandoned naturalistic representation in favour of multiple perspectives, influencing Fauvism and Cubism.
Did you know?
- It was painted around 1893.
- Still life had long been dismissed as trivial, which gave Cézanne the freedom to experiment.
- It is in the Art Institute of Chicago.
Based on the Wikipedia article The Basket of Apples (CC BY-SA 4.0).
