The Peppermint Bottle 1893 - 1895

"The Peppermint Bottle" is a still life painting by Paul Cézanne completed between 1893 and 1895. This artwork features a bottle, a decanter, a glass, apples, and a white cloth arranged on a blue tablecloth over a table. Cézanne’s still lifes are often characterized by their simplified forms, bold colors, and geometric compositions, which were highly influential on later artistic movements like Cubism. Cézanne, who was a leading figure in Post-Impressionism, was committed to representing the structure of objects and their relationship to space, rather than simply replicating their appearance. This characteristic of Cézanne’s work is especially evident in “The Peppermint Bottle” through the simplified forms of the objects and the flatness of the tablecloth.