I was 22 the first time I saw this Cezanne still life - La table de cuisine - and it was the first time I ever really understood cubism. Not that this painting is cubism - it's not - but cubism was first explained to me as the painter trying to show every side of the object at once. Which ....ok, I guess? But here I could see a first step towards cubism - color in blocks and a slightly flattened perspective with that gourd and basket that look like they're both falling off the table and falling forward over all the pears and apples.
I'm still not sure I instinctively enjoy cubism, but I do appreciate it a lot more.
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