Mont Sainte-Victoire with Large Pine

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Mont Sainte-Victoire with Large Pine
Mont Sainte-Victoire with Large Pine, by Paul Cézanne.jpg
ArtistPaul Cézanne
Yearc. 1887
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions67 cm × 92 cm (26.4 in × 36.2 in)
LocationCourtauld Gallery, London

Mont Sainte-Victoire with Large Pine is an oil on canvas painting by the French artist Paul Cézanne. It is owned by the Courtauld Institute of Art and on display in the Gallery at Somerset House. It belongs to a series of oil paintings of Mont Sainte-Victoire that Cézanne painted throughout his career.[1]

Description[]

The subject of the painting is the Montagne Sainte-Victoire in Provence in southern France. Cézanne spent a lot of time in Aix-en-Provence at the time, and developed a special relationship with the landscape. This painting represented the Mont Sainte-Victoire seen from Montbriant in Aix-en-Provence.

Moreover, Cézanne depicted the railway bridge on the Aix-Marseille line at the Arc River Valley in the center on the right side of this picture.[2]

References[]

  1. ^ Art & Architecture: Courtauld Institute of Arts
  2. ^ Tomoki Akimaru, "Cézanne and the Steam Railway (3): His Railway Subjects in Aix-en-Provence".

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