Landscape in Provence

"Landscape in Provence

Instead of reflecting nature accurately, Cézanne intended to arouse in the viewer an impression of mass and depth. On this watercolour, composed out of patches and painted around 1900, the paper left blank is as much a space-forming element as the coloured brushstrokes, and it is primarily these white surfaces, which bring out the vibrating lights of the sunlit landscape."

Szilvia Bodnár, from the Szépművészeti Múzeum's website, quoted 17.10.2016

Data:

Landscape in Provence

Artist: Paul Cézanne
(Aix-en-Provence 1839 – 1906 Aix-en-Provence)

Date: between 1895 and 1900
Medium: pencil, watercolour on white paper
Dimensions: 313 × 478 mm
Classification: drawing
Inventory Number: 1935-2675
Department: Prints and Drawings