“Mont Sainte-Victoire” by Paul Cézanne

Mont Sainte-Victoire is a series of paintings by Paul Cézanne:

“Mont Sainte-Victoire” by Paul Cézanne – Courtauld Institute of Art
“Mont Sainte-Victoire” by Paul Cézanne – Princeton University Art Museum
“Mont Sainte-Victoire and the Viaduct of the Arc River Valley” by Paul Cézanne – Metropolitan Museum of Art
“Montagne Sainte-Victoire” by Paul Cézanne – Scottish National Gallery
“Mont Sainte-Victoire and Château Noir” by Paul Cézanne – Artizon Museum
“La montagna Sainte-Victoire” by Paul Cézanne – Kunsthaus Zürich
“Sainte-Victoire mountain seen from the Bibémus quarry” by Paul Cézanne – Baltimore Museum of Art
“Mont Sainte-Victoire” by Paul Cézanne – Philadelphia Museum of Art
“Mont Sainte-Victoire” by Paul Cézanne – Barnes Foundation
“Mont Sainte-Victoire” by Paul Cézanne – The Phillips Collection

“Mont Sainte-Victoire” by Paul Cézanne – Courtauld Institute of Art

Mont Sainte-Victoire by Paul Cézanne depicts Mont Sainte-Victoire seen from Montbriant in Aix-en-Provence.

Cézanne shows the railway bridge on the Aix-Marseille line at the Arc River Valley in the center on the right side of this picture.

Cézanne spent a lot of time in Aix-en-Provence in southern France at the time and developed a special relationship with the landscape.

In this painting, the view has been cropped so that the pines are only visible on the left and top. The branches follow the contours of the Montagne Sainte-Victoire.

By focusing on a small part of the plain before him, Cézanne has made the distant mountain seem closer and more significant than in other versions of this series.

Mont Sainte-Victoire

Title: Mont Sainte-Victoire
Artist: Paul Cézanne
Year: 1887
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: Height: 67 cm (26.3 in); Width: 92 cm (36.2 in)
Genre: Landscape Art
Museum: Courtauld Institute of Art

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“Mont Sainte-Victoire” by Paul Cézanne – Princeton University Art Museum

“Mont Sainte-Victoire” by Paul Cézanne

Paul Cézanne created this version of “Mont Sainte-Victoire” from his hillside studio at Les Lauves. From his viewpoint, Cézanne enjoyed a magnificent view of the soaring mountain from across the valley.

This depiction includes the farmland, distinctive olive and almond trees below Les Lauves.

Cézanne first painted Mont Sainte-Victoire in 1870, beginning his decades-long fascination with the subject. Paul Cézanne created more than thirty paintings and watercolors of Mont Sainte-Victoire.

The peak played an important role in the ancient history of his Aix-en-Provence. Its name refers to a Roman victory in 102 BC over the Teutonic armies in the area.

The Teutons were an ancient tribe mentioned by Roman authors. They are generally classified as a Germanic tribe. The Teutons are best known for their participation in the Cimbrian War with the Roman Republic in the late 2nd century BC.

“Mont Sainte-Victoire” by Paul Cézanne

Title: Mont Sainte-Victoire
Artist: Paul Cézanne
Year: 1904 -06
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: Height: 65.1 cm (25.6 in); Width: 83.8 cm (32.9 in)
Genre: Landscape Art
Museum: Princeton University Art Museum

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“Mont Sainte-Victoire and the Viaduct of the Arc River Valley” by Paul Cézanne

“Mont Sainte-Victoire and the Viaduct of the Arc River Valley” by Paul Cézanne depicts Montagne Sainte-Victoire and the valley of the Arc River.

Montagne Sainte-Victoire dominates the landscape of Cézanne’s hometown of Aix-en-Provence, which can be seen in the background.

The city is visible in the distance, far back from the valley of the Arc River. This painting also depicts the railway bridge on the Aix-Marseille line at the Arc River Valley and the train, which runs on it.

In this painting, Cézanne explores the creation of depth using layers to build up a set of horizontal planes that draw the eye into the view.

Although in terms of size, this is one of Cézanne’s smallest works in his artistic career, it has been described as one of Cézanne’s most significant artworks.

Mont Sainte-Victoire and the Viaduct of the Arc River Valley

Title: Mont Sainte-Victoire and the Viaduct of the Arc River Valley
Artist: Paul Cézanne
Year: 1882 and 1885
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: Height: 65.5 cm (25.7 in); Width: 81.7 cm (32.1 in)
Genre: Landscape Art
Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art

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“Montagne Sainte-Victoire” by Paul Cézanne

“Montagne Sainte-Victoire” by Paul Cézanne was one of Cézanne’s favorite subjects. He never tired of exploring its structure and changing appearance.

This picture unfinished state provides some insight into Cézanne’s working method and his ‘constructive’ brushwork.

Foreground foliage, undulating fields, the distant mountain, and sky have emerged gradually from a harmonious patchwork of colors applied across the canvas.

The Montagne Sainte-Victoire, with its cragged broken top, stands east of Cézanne’s home town, Aix-en-Provence. For Paul Cézanne, it came to symbolize his home and the landscapes of his home Provence.

Cézanne’s landscape is based on his vantage point, eight miles west of Aix, over the valley of the Arc.

“Montagne Sainte-Victoire” by Paul Cézanne

Title: Montagne Sainte-Victoire
Artist: Paul Cézanne
Year: 1890
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: Height: 550 mm (21.65 in); Width: 654 mm (25.74 in)
Genre: Landscape Art
Museum: Scottish National Gallery

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“Mont Sainte-Victoire and Château Noir” by Paul Cézanne

“Mont Sainte-Victoire and Château Noir” by Paul Cézanne depicts the Château Noir or”black castle,” an estate near the village of Le Tholonet on the way to Mont Sainte-Victoire. The Château Noir was in fact a reddish roughcast neo-Gothic building.

Cézanne rented a small cottage near Bibémus quarry to the east of Aix to make it easier for him to paint in the open air.

At this location, Cézanne created many of his later paintings. He was surrounded by pine forests, with the ochre-colored stone of Bibémus quarry nearby and a view of the towering Mont Sainte-Victoire.

The Mont Sainte-Victoire fascinated Cézanne all his life, and it provided an inexhaustible source of new compositions.

The Mont Sainte-Victoire series of paintings belong to Post-Impressionism. Cézanne was skilled at depicting nature and using different colors to represent the depth of objects.

“Mont Sainte-Victoire and Château Noir” by Paul Cézanne

Title: Mont Sainte-Victoire
Artist: Paul Cézanne
Year: 1904 – 1906
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: Height: 662 mm (26.06 in); Width: 821 mm (32.32 in)
Genre: Landscape Art
Museum: Artizon Museum

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“La montagna Sainte-Victoire” by Paul Cézanne – Kunsthaus Zürich

Cezanne Montagne Sainte-Victoire

“La montagna Sainte-Victoire” by Paul Cézanne – Kunsthaus Zürich

Montagne Sainte-Victoire is a limestone mountain ridge in the south of France which extends over 18 km (11 mi) between Bouches-du-Rhône and Var. Its highest point is at 1,011 metres (3,317 ft).

The mountain is celebrated for its many appearances in a series of paintings by Paul Cézanne (1839–1906), who could see it from near his house in nearby Aix-en-Provence.

La montagna Sainte-Victoire

Title: La montagna Sainte-Victoire
French: La Montagne Sainte-Victoire vue des Lauves
Artist: Paul Cézanne
Year: 1906
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: Height: 63.5 cm (25 in); Width: 83 cm (32.6 in)
Genre: Landscape Art
Museum: Kunsthaus Zürich

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“Sainte-Victoire mountain seen from the Bibémus quarry” by Paul Cézanne – Baltimore Museum of Art

“Sainte-Victoire mountain seen from the Bibémus quarry” by Paul Cézanne

The mountain was qriginally called Montagne de la Victoire, the mountain became known by Christians in the Middle Ages as Sainte-Venture. In the 13th century, a chapel was constructed at the summit.

It was not until the 17th century that the mountain gained its current name.

The Saint-Victoire massif is a popular destination for hiking, climbing, paragliding, and, to a lesser extent, caving. Around 700,000 walkers use its paths every year.

“Sainte-Victoire mountain seen from the Bibémus quarry” by Paul Cézanne

Title: Sainte-Victoire mountain seen from the Bibémus quarry
French: La Montagne Sainte-Victoire vue de la carrière Bibémus
Artist: Paul Cézanne
Year: 1897
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: Height: 65.1 cm (25.6 in); Width: 81.3 cm (32 in)
Genre: Landscape Art
Museum: Baltimore Museum of Art

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“Mont Sainte-Victoire” by Paul Cézanne – Philadelphia Museum of Art

Title: Mont Sainte-Victoire
Artist: Paul Cézanne
Year: 1902-1904
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 2’3 1/2″ x 2’11 1/4″
Genre: Landscape Art
Museum: Philadelphia Museum of Art

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“Mont Sainte-Victoire” by Paul Cézanne – Barnes Foundation

Title: Mont Sainte-Victoire
Artist: Paul Cézanne
Year: 1892 and 1895
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: Height: 73 cm (28.7 in); Width: 92 cm (36.2 in)
Genre: Landscape Art
Museum: Barnes Foundation

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“Mont Sainte-Victoire” by Paul Cézanne – The Phillips Collection

“Mont Sainte-Victoire” by Paul Cézanne linkes an avant-garde technique and spirit to revealed painting’s abstract potential.

Cézanne’s fascination with Mont Sainte-Victoire was based on his love of the countryside and the timeliness of the ancient mountain area where his ancestors had dwelt from time immemorial.

“Mont Sainte-Victoire” by Paul Cézanne – The Phillips Collection

Title: Mont Sainte-Victoire
Artist: Paul Cézanne
Year: 1886 until 1887
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: Height: 23.50 mm (0.92 in); Width: 28.50 mm (1.12 in)
Genre: Landscape Art
Museum: The Phillips Collection

Paul Cézanne

Name: Paul Cézanne
Born: 1839 – Aix-en-Provence, France
Died: 1906 (aged 67) – Aix-en-Provence, France
Nationality: French
Movement: Post-Impressionism
Notable works:
- The Card Players (Barnes Foundation)
- The Card Players (Courtauld Gallery)
- The Card Players (MET)
- Madame Cézanne in the Conservatory
- Madame Cézanne in a Red Dress
- Madame Cézanne in a Red Armchair
- Bathers (The National Gallery, London)
- The Large Bathers (Philadelphia Museum of Art)
- Bathers by Paul Cézanne (Art Institute of Chicago)
- Bathers by Paul Cézanne (Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC)
- “Mont Sainte-Victoire” Series