How Paul Cézanne Changed Art
Tate Kids explains how careful observation and a humble apple helped Cézanne challenge art rules.
Explore the artist who transformed apples, mountains and ordinary objects through patient looking.
Paul Cézanne studied familiar subjects from different angles, building them from colour, brushstrokes and simple forms. His experiments helped open new paths into modern art.
Slow down, change your viewpoint and notice what appears.
Look closely at Cézanne’s apples, landscapes and artistic ideas.
Tate Kids explains how careful observation and a humble apple helped Cézanne challenge art rules.
A deeper look at how Cézanne slowly constructed paintings with form and colour; best for older children or shared viewing.
Visit the objects and spaces that inspired Cézanne’s still-life paintings.
Enjoy books that introduce Cézanne, still life painting and famous artists.
Follow along as we read Cézanne and the Apple Boy.
Use apples, shapes and patient observation to make art of your own.
An online game about the life of Cézanne and his place in art history.
A comprehension quiz connected to the Cézanne read-aloud by Laurence Anholt.
Arrange three ordinary objects, study them from two positions and draw the shapes you notice rather than what you think they should look like.
Follow your curiosity into perspective, modern art and the power of ordinary things.
Draw one apple from above, from the side and very close up. Which view feels most surprising?
Can looking at an ordinary object for long enough change the way you understand it?
Take this topic further with our beautifully illustrated printable lesson, made for exploring together at home.
Look again at apples, bowls, cloth and mountains—and discover how careful seeing can transform an ordinary scene.
£6.99
Every Sunday we release a new wonder-led lesson: one big question for your family to explore together at home. Here’s this week’s.
Follow the wonder of moving pictures, meet early cinema pioneers and begin a small film story of your own.
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