Still Life. Victoria Charles
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Fruits from the Midi
Auguste Renoir, 1881
Oil on canvas, 51 × 68 cm
The Art Institute, Chicago
He did long studies of artistic tradition and made many copies of Old Masters. At the same time, Matisse had an affection for the Primitives and children’s drawings which was fully in keeping with his pursuit of pure expressivity.
Vase of Flowers on a Table
Paul Cézanne, 1882–1887
Oil on canvas, 60 × 73 cm
Private collection, Paris
His still lifes reflect various stages in the cleansing of the palette and change of techniques used to apply paint. In the mid-1910s Matisse’s painterly hand gained assurance and his colour a saturated intensity.
Still Life with a Chest of Drawers
Paul Cézanne, 1883–1887
Oil on canvas, 73.3 × 90.2 cm
Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen
Neue Pinakothek, Munich
He freed himself completely from the compromise of halftones and revealed the limits of pure expressivity inherent in line and colour, yet he did not break with the material world. His path forward was clear and consisted in bringing the principles he had discovered to perfection.
Peaches (in the door of the Salon Durand-Ruel)
Claude Monet, 1883
Oil on canvas, 50.5 × 37 cm
Private collection
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