\paperw19995 \margr0\margl0 \plain \fs20 \f1 This painting demonstrates the evolution that took place in CΘzanneÆs artistic style as he abandoned the superficial represe
ntation of the reality of the moment typical of the Impressionists and strove to probe the basic structure of things. To do this the painter carries out a simplification of forms, reducing them to geometric solids and wedges of thick color.