The table Louis Philippe 

Roger de La Fresnaye created this painting, "The Table Louis Philippe," using oil on canvas. Fresnaye was associated with the Section d'Or group of Cubist artists in France. This work reflects a fascination with geometric forms and multiple perspectives, common in early 20th-century avant-garde movements. But rather than radically breaking from tradition, here Fresnaye uses Cubist techniques to depict a bourgeois interior, complete with flowers in a vase. The painting references the Louis Philippe style, popular among the French middle class in the 19th century. This tells us about Fresnaye's position in society. Was he a critic of his own class? Or was he an admirer of the aesthetic qualities of Biedermeier design? To understand Fresnaye's motivations better, art historians might turn to exhibition reviews, letters, and publications from the time, to better understand the social and institutional context in which he was working. Art always exists within society.