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]
| Mont Sainte-Victoire with Large Pine | |
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| Artist | Paul Cézanne |
| Year | c. 1887 |
| Medium | Oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | 67 cm × 92 cm (26 in × 36 in) |
| Location | Courtauld Gallery, London |
Description
editThe 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 Montbriand 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]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "A&A | Montagne Sainte-Victoire with Large Pine". www.artandarchitecture.org.uk. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
- ^ "Cézanne and the Steam Railway (3): His Railway Subjects in Aix-en-Provence". Tomoki Akimaru (Art Historian). Retrieved 10 November 2022.