The Basket of Apples
Paul Cézanne · 1893
Why it's great
A basket of apples sits tilted on a table with a bottle, a plate of biscuits and a cloth, painted from several angles at once. Cézanne wanted to show how we actually see, with our eyes moving around. The table looks tilted and the bottle too. It's a great example of his groundbreaking approach.
Where to see it
📍 Art Institute of ChicagoChicago, United States
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Paul Cézanne was born in Aix-en-Provence in southern France and lived there for much of his life, painting its hills, orchards, and the mountain Sainte-Victoire. He studied with the Impressionists in Paris, but then went his own way, building forms from blocks of color. He is often called the father of modern art, and both Picasso and Matisse praised him. He died in 1906 after catching a chill while painting outside.
