This landscape of a small village in the foothills of the Montagne Sainte-Victoire mountain range is by Post-Impressionist Paul Cézanne. The small town painted is likely Meyreuil near Gardanne in southern France. This painting is one of eight Cézannes bequeathed by Charles A. Loeser after his death in 1928 to the President of the United States and all his future successors. Though prolific during his lifetime, Cézanne's art did not receive much recognition or acclaim until after his death, when his influence was cited by younger artists such as Henri Matisse and Pablo Picasso who moved away from the Impressionist style into new and different modes of painting.
This landscape of a small village in the foothills of the Montagne Sainte-Victoire mountain range is by Post-Impressionist Paul Cézanne. The small town painted is likely Meyreuil near Gardanne in southern France. This painting is one of eight Cézannes bequeathed by Charles A. Loeser after his death in 1928 to the President of the United States and all his future successors. Though prolific during his lifetime, Cézanne's art did not receive much recognition or acclaim until after his death, when his influence was cited by younger artists such as Henri Matisse and Pablo Picasso who moved away from the Impressionist style into new and different modes of painting.
