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Mont Sainte-Victoire seen from Bellevue

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Mont Sainte-Victoire seen from Bellevue
ArtistPaul Cézanne
Yearc. 1895
MediumOil on canvas
MovementPost Impressionism
Dimensions73 cm × 92 cm (29 in × 36 in)
LocationBarnes Foundation, Pennsylvania

Mont Sainte-Victoire seen from Bellevue is a landscape painting dating from around 1886, by the French artist Paul Cézanne. 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 particular mountain, that stood out in the surrounding landscape, he could see from his house, and he painted it in on numerous occasions.[1]

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]

The painting shows clearly Cézanne's project of rendering order and clarity to natural scenes, without giving up the optical realism of Impressionism.[3] Both the light and the colours of the painting give the impression of a pattern that is not imposed on nature, but is there naturally.[3]

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  1. ^ Becks-Malorny, p. 67.
  2. ^ "Cézanne and the Steam Railway (3): His Railway Subjects in Aix-en-Provence". Tomoki Akimaru (Art Historian). Retrieved November 10, 2022.
  3. ^ a b Gombrich, pp. 538-41.

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