In 1905, Max Weber moved to Paris, where he studied first at the prestigious Académie Julian and then petitioned Henri Matisse to establish his own school dedicated to modernist principles. In 1906, Weber encountered the work of Paul Cézanne at an exhibition of the Post-Impressionist’s work, which left a profound impact on Weber. The Green Bottle, painted the following year, testifies to the influence of both French masters. The radical diagonal formed by the table edge recalls Cézanne’s distorted perspective in his celebrated still lifes, while gestural green brushstrokes contrast against yellow and pink grounds, reminiscent of Matisse’s Fauvist palette.