1904
unspecified
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Mount Sainte-Victoire is a 1904 unspecified by Paul Cezanne, a Impressionism work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
This painting shows Mount Sainte-Victoire, a steep mountain near Aix-en-Provence. In the foreground, two tall pines frame the scene. The mountain rises behind them, painted in soft blues and greens. Cezanne often returned to this view, always changing the brushstrokes and colors. He didn’t just copy the scene. Instead, he broke the mountain into shapes, almost like puzzle pieces. The brushwork feels rough in places, smooth in others. It’s like he’s building the mountain with color. If this view grabs you, check out the painting at The Cleveland Museum of Art.
During the last 20 years of his life, Cezanne repeatedly painted Mount Sainte-Victoire near his home in Aix-en-Provence in southern France. Cezanne painted this view from life at one of his favorite sites, a small road that led from Aix eastward toward Mount Sainte-Victoire. He set up his easel at the edge of the road where he could see two umbrella pines and the mountain towering over the scene. A branch of one of the pines extends from the left of the canvas across the sky, echoing the slope of the mountain, linking the near and the far.
Cezanne created 36 paintings and 45 watercolors of Mount Sainte-Victoire. He was preoccupied with this subject and painted this mountain repeatedly until his death.
Read the full account in the museum source.
Paul Cézanne was born on January 19, 1839, in Aix-en-Provence, the son of a hatter turned wealthy banker.
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