Date: 1879
Medium: Oil
Artist: Paul Cèzanne
Period: Post-Impressionism
Cèzanne was a post-impressionist artist. This particular work emphasizes his aesthetic innovation with traditional subject matter. It was seen as radically modern at the time it was published. It showed a self-consciousness of paint as paint rather than a medium of mimesis. A feature of the work is the flatness and compression of space. There are open, unfinished lines portraying moments of imminence and invisibility.
Cèzanne is concerned with vision and visuality. His painting is not static and not focused on a single point. He pays equal attention to the whole painting. The detailed tablecloth is a reflection about the canvas as a medium.
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