<P> Homage to Cézanne (French: Hommage à Cézanne) is a painting in oil on canvas by the French artist Maurice Denis dating from 1900 . It depicts a number of key figures from the once secret brotherhood of Les Nabis (Hebr . the Prophets). The painting is a retrospective; by 1900 the group was breaking up as its members matured . </P> <P> In this painting, Maurice Denis has gathered a group of friends, artists and critics to celebrate Paul Cézanne, who is represented by his still life Fruit Bowl, Glass and Apples of 1879--80 on an easel in the centre of the painting . The scene is the shop of the art dealer Ambroise Vollard in the Rue Laffitte . The Cézanne painting had belonged to Paul Gauguin who is thus evoked, despite not being pictured, having left France permanently in 1895 for the South Seas . Gauguin described the Cézanne as "an exceptional pearl, the apple of my eye ." Works by Gauguin and Renoir can be seen in the background . </P>

Group of avant garde artists including those depicted in homage to cezanne by maurice denis