1887, Paul Cezanne, Mont Sainte-Victoire -- Phillips Collection (Washington)
From the museum label: Paul Cezanne painted Mont Sainte-Victoire more than 60 times, and from the early 1880s to 1906, he featured this favorite subject in at least 25 canvases. This scene was observed near Aix-en-Provence between Bellevue and Montbriand, properties at one time owned by Cezanne family members. Cezanne would walk to this site from his family residence Jas de Bouffan and position himself beneath the shade of trees to paint a vast panorama framed by two pines: at left a diagonal railway (from Aix to Rognac) leading to a small house at right the Arc River valley railway viaduct (from Aix to Marseille), and Mont Sainte-Victoire in the distance. Two related works have a similar composition. The light brushwork and a bright color palette show the influence of mentor Camille Pissarro who painted with Cezanne outdoors beginning in the 1870s.
1887, Paul Cezanne, Mont Sainte-Victoire -- Phillips Collection (Washington)
From the museum label: Paul Cezanne painted Mont Sainte-Victoire more than 60 times, and from the early 1880s to 1906, he featured this favorite subject in at least 25 canvases. This scene was observed near Aix-en-Provence between Bellevue and Montbriand, properties at one time owned by Cezanne family members. Cezanne would walk to this site from his family residence Jas de Bouffan and position himself beneath the shade of trees to paint a vast panorama framed by two pines: at left a diagonal railway (from Aix to Rognac) leading to a small house at right the Arc River valley railway viaduct (from Aix to Marseille), and Mont Sainte-Victoire in the distance. Two related works have a similar composition. The light brushwork and a bright color palette show the influence of mentor Camille Pissarro who painted with Cezanne outdoors beginning in the 1870s.