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Paul Cézanne

Chestnut Trees and Farm at Jas de Bouffan, ca. 1886

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Description

Maker

Title

Chestnut Trees and Farm at Jas de Bouffan

Year

ca. 1886

Medium

Oil on canvas

Materials/Techniques

Materials

Supports

Dimensions

65.4 x 81 cm (25 3/4 x 31 7/8 inches)

Place

France

Type

Credit

Museum Appropriation Fund

Object Number

33.053

Projects & Publications

Publications

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Inventing Impressionism

October 21, 2016 - June 11, 2017

Establishing the depth of the foreground in this scene with strong diagonals, Cézanne outlined the columnar trunks of the trees, filling their branches and the lawn below with strokes of close-hued greens that screen the yellow stucco buildings. Distinctive patches of brushstrokes identify his perceptions of hard and soft forms, creating surface rhythms that move the eye in and out of the natural landscape and its geometric structures.

This is the garden of Jas de Bouffan, a house owned by Cézanne’s family near Aix-en-Provence. Cézanne built a studio on the property in 1881, preferring his home region in the south of France to life in Paris.

Cézanne

September 23 - October 20, 1954

European Galleries

A row of chestnut trees leads into the garden of Jas de Bouffan, a house near Aix-en-Provence that was owned by Cézanne’s family. Cézanne built a studio on the property in 1881, preferring his home region in the south of France to life in Paris.

Cézanne used strong diagonals to establish the depth of the foreground in this scene. Outlining the columnar trunks of the trees, he filled their branches and the lawn below with strokes of close-hued greens that screen the yellow stucco buildings. Distinctive patches of brushstrokes identify hard and soft forms, creating surface rhythms that move the eye in and out of the natural landscape and its geometric structures.

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