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c. 1902–1906 · Post-Impressionism

Mont Sainte-Victoire

By Paul Cézanne. Cézanne repeatedly rebuilt the mountain through patches of color, creating landscape from relationships between planes rather than seamless illusion.

Mont Sainte-Victoire by Paul Cézanne
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Cézanne repeatedly rebuilt the mountain through patches of color, creating landscape from relationships between planes rather than seamless illusion.

ArtistPaul Cézanne
Datec. 1902–1906
MediumOil on canvas
MovementPost-Impressionism
CollectionMultiple late versions survive
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Why it matters

Cézanne repeatedly rebuilt the mountain through patches of color, creating landscape from relationships between planes rather than seamless illusion.

See this work in context through Post-Impressionism and the Post-Impressionism period.