Description
Paul Cezanne – Still life with Plaster Cast
| Year of creation: | 1895 |
| Original size: | 57 cm x 70 cm |
| Painting style: | Post-impressionism |
| Original technique: | Oil on canvas |
| Located: | Courtauld Institute of Art, London |
The oil on canvas Still Life with Plaster Cast is extraordinary because of the presence of the artwork, a cast of Puget’s Cupid. There are actually two works of art in the painting, as another statue, The Flayed Man, can be seen in the background of the oil on canvas. Cézanne created many sketches of these two statues in his notebooks.
The composition of the oil on canvas is interesting, as the painter placed the statue next to apples and onions. The combination of the heroic-passionate motive with the idyllic-domestic theme corresponds to the complexity of Cézanne’s character.
