"The Blue Vase"- Paul Cezanne

"The Blue Vase" is a beautiful painting by Paul Cezanne from the late 1800s. Cezanne's goal for this piece was to focus on the regulation in color. Many artists would paint flowers in bloom, but Cezanne's unique views and ideas caused him to do the opposite. Cezanne's other goal for this painting was to extend his study of the effect of light on objects and the variations in color outcome. I chose this painting because the floral theme is unlike many of his other paintings of fruit. I enjoyed how he did not fully abandon his usual fruit theme by including three apples on the table next to the vase.