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Roger de la Fresnaye
Still Life with Bottle, Pipe, and Pot of Tobacco, 1913-14
La Fresnaye received a conventional artistic education at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris, but by 1910 he began working in a style influenced by Cubism. In this still-life painting, La Fresnaye is occupied by the Cubist fascination with simplicity of geometric form. However, unlike the Cubist work of the same period by Picasso or Braque, he maintains a realistic perspective, creating a sense of depth to the composition that is occupied by the table and the objects gathered on top. La Fresnaye's use of bright, high-pitched colors also sets him apart from the Cubists, who tended toward dark compositions with a small range of tones. |