CĂŠzanne transformed a teacup into something alive, raising still-life to the point that it ceased to be inanimate. Wassily Kandinsky said about the French artist: âHe painted these things as human beings because he was endowed with the gift of divining the inner life in everything.â In addition to those of CĂŠzanne, this book is devoted to still-life paintings by artists such as Van Gogh, Matisse, Chardin and Picasso.