December 19, 2020.Reading time 3 minutes.
Image: Paul Cézanne, Still Life with Apples and Peaches (c. 1905). We close out our series of Cézanne still life postings for our Saturday look at art, and we turn the page on the 19th Century. This week’s painting is found in D.C.’s own National Gallery of Art. Due to Covid, it is closed. We […]
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November 21, 2020.Reading time 5 minutes.
Image: Paul Cézanne, Sugar Bowl, Pears and Blue Cup (Sucrier, poires et tasse bleue) (c. 1866) For the past several months we have been focusing on still lifes for our Saturday art posts. Going chronologically, at least when focusing on European painters, means you focus on the Dutch early but eventually you must end up […]
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June 15, 2019.Reading time 1 minute.
On Saturdays, we often divert from talking about restaurants in Washington to highlighting art. The depth of the collection at the National Gallery is so great we often don’t need to “leave” D.C. to find something interesting or good. Today’s piece is The Peppermint Bottle by Paul Cézanne. Oil on Canvas (1893/1895). Of Cézanne’s still […]
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