Montagne Sainte-Victoire with Large Pine, Paul Cézanne (1887)
The mountain Sainte-Victoire, with its jagged top, dominates the countryside around Paul Cézanne’s hometown of Aix-en-Provence in southern France. For him, it embodied the rugged landscape and people of Provence.
Cézanne painted the mountain from different vantage points throughout his career. This painting is the most monumental. Areas of green and yellow lead the eye to the towering Sainte-Victoire, painted in cool blues and pinks. The sweeping pine branches in the foreground follow the contours of the mountain.
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