Houses in Provence: The Riaux Valley near L’Estaque, 1883 by Paul Cézanne

Houses in Provence: The Riaux Valley near L’Estaque, 1883, by Paul Cézanne centers on a cluster of sun-bleached, red-roofed Provençal farmhouses set against rocky, terraced hillsides in cool blue-greens and warm ochre beneath a pale sky. Cézanne builds the scene from close, parallel brushstrokes that flatten depth into rhythmic planes of color, an approach from the French Post-Impressionist painter (1839-1906) that would prove foundational to Cubism a generation later.

Artist: Paul Cézanne (French, 1839-1906). Date: 1883.

Houses in Provence: The Riaux Valley near L’Estaque, 1883 by Paul Cézanne. Post-Impressionist Oil Painting Reproduction Canvas Print.