Château Noir
(1903 - 1904)
Paul Cézanne
Medium
Oil on canvas
Original Title
Château Noir
Provenance
Gift of Mrs. David M. Levy
Style
Post-Impressionism
Viewing Notes
After settling
in Aix, France, in 1899, Cézanne ventured daily into the surrounding
Provençal landscape in search of subjects to paint. The Château Noir,
a recently constructed neo-Gothic castle designed to mimic aged ruins,
captivated him. He repeatedly represented this structure and also
painted from its grounds, where he had an unobstructed view of nearby
Mont Sainte-Victoire, another favored subject. As is typical of
landscapes executed late in his career, Cézanne applied thick paint in
broad, multihued swatches. This painting once belonged to Claude Monet
and hung in his bedroom in Giverny.
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