Straw-Trimmed Vase, Sugar Bowl and Apples
1890 - 1893
Paul Cézanne was obsessed with breaking down the world into basic shapes, famously advising artists to 'treat nature by the cylinder, the sphere, the cone.' In this scene, the apples sit like heavy, perfect spheres while the vase stands as a solid cylinder. But look closely at the table—the edges don't quite line up! This wasn't a clumsy mistake; Cézanne was intentionally shifting perspectives to show objects from multiple angles at once, a radical idea that directly paved the way for Cubism.
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