Houses in Provence: The Riaux Valley near L'Estaque

Paul Cézanne, c. 1883

Pale beige, angular houses cluster at the center of the horizontal landscape painting. The hilly, rocky landscape around and below the houses is painted with cool blues and greens, and warm ivory and caramel brown beneath a pale blue sky. The artist applied the paint with regular, parallel, straight strokes.
Artist
Paul Cézanne
Date
c. 1883
Type
Painting
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
65 × 81.3 cm
Collection
National Gallery of Art, Washington
Licence
Public domain, CC0

Image description

Pale beige, angular houses cluster at the center of the horizontal landscape painting. The hilly, rocky landscape around and below the houses is painted with cool blues and greens, and warm ivory and caramel brown beneath a pale blue sky. The artist applied the paint with regular, parallel, straight strokes.

Paul Cézanne