Image at left: Still Life with Apples, 1893-94 The Impressionist palette, no matter how wild the paintings may have seemed to be at the time, was restricted to only about a half-a-dozen colors – and the palette eliminated black altogether. It relied heavily on using complementary colors to create light and shadow instead of gray [...]
Sainte-Victoire
Climbing the hill, walking past the studio of Cezanne and on to the Chemin de la Marguerite, I continued walking until I reach la colline de le Jardin de les Lauves – The Garden on the Hill at Les Lauves. Finally reaching the entrance to the park, I realized that my climb was not yet [...]
Atelier Cezanne
This is my workshop, nobody goes in but me. But as you are a friend, we shall go in together. — Paul Cezanne Paul Cezanne spent most of his life in Aix-en-Provence, and painted much of the area’s landscape and scenery during his lifetime. In 1901, after having to sell the beloved family property at [...]
