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CÉZANNE, Paul: Mont Sainte-Victoire

🖼 Mont Sainte-Victoire, 1890-94
Oil on canvas
54 × 65 cm
Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Mont Sainte-Victoire Paul Cézanne's obsessive study of this Provençal mountain became a defining series of his later career, transforming a simple landscape into an exploration of form, color, and perception itself. Rather than capturing the mountain as it appears, Cézanne deconstructed it into geometric planes and shifting viewpoints, a revolutionary approach that would profoundly influence Cubism and modern art. His repeated return to Mont Sainte-Victoire demonstrates how a single subject, viewed from different angles and through varied artistic lenses, could reveal endless possibilities for artistic innovation.

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