Discover the refuge village
Cézanne painted far from Paris during the conflict. This milestone sheds light on the "L’Estaque de Paul Cézanne" collection by favoring color.
1870 -1885 · bay, viaduct and houses under the sun
Discover L'Estaque by Paul Cézanne, hand reproduced in oil on canvas.
1870 -1885 · bay, viaduct and houses under the sun
Cézanne stayed in L'Estaque during the Franco-Prussian War then returned there several times until the mid-1880s. The village offered him a bird's eye view towards the bay of Marseille, cubic houses, pines, rocks and railway works. In the Gulf of Marseille seen from L'Estaque, the sea forms a large blue band kept at a distance by trees and buildings. The houses of the Riaux valley have yellow walls and red roofs whose solidity contrasts with the diagonal touches of the terrain; depth is born from color rather than shadow. The viaduct introduces an industrial line into the slope. Rocks, pines and sea tighten finally the landscape until the mineral weight is felt in the foreground. L'Estaque allows Cézanne to gradually abandon the fleeting effect for a composition that holds like a building. The selection "L'Estaque de Paul Cézanne" notably compares the Gulf of Marseille seen from l'Estaque and Rocks, pines and sea to l'Estaque. His reading favors color.
In L'Estaque, the sea does not open the landscape to infinity: it is held in place by houses, trees and rocks.
Course & style
Cézanne stayed in L'Estaque during the Franco-Prussian War then returned there several times until the mid-1880s. The village offered him a bird's eye view towards the bay of Marseille, cubic houses, pines, rocks and railway works. In the Gulf of Marseille seen from L'Estaque, the sea forms a large blue band kept at a distance by trees and buildings. The houses of the Riaux valley have yellow walls and red roofs whose solidity contrasts with the diagonal touches of the terrain; depth is born from color rather than shadow. The viaduct introduces an industrial line into the slope. Rocks, pines and sea tighten finally the landscape until the mineral weight is felt in the foreground. L'Estaque allows Cézanne to gradually abandon the fleeting effect for a composition that holds like a building.
Cézanne painted far from Paris during the conflict. This milestone sheds light on the "L’Estaque de Paul Cézanne" collection by favoring color.
Pines, houses and reliefs build the views of Marseille.
Riaux, viaduct and rocks gain in constructive geometry.
The sea becomes a stable colored plane between sky and relief. This line guides a reading of "L’Estaque by Paul Cézanne" centered on color.
Compact color anchors habitat in greens.
Trunk and branches prevent the view from becoming a simple panorama.
The modern work connects the natural masses by a built line.
Explore by universe
Gulf, houses, viaduct and rocks reveal how Cézanne successively organizes horizon, habitat, infrastructure and matter.
Sea and sky are separated by relief and buildings.
For sight. Reading "L’Estaque de Paul Cézanne" through color.Yellow walls and red roofs give volume without classic chiaroscuro.
For housesThe railway arch crosses the slope without dominating the landscape.
For the lineMineral masses compress depth and direct the fingerboard.
For the materialThe blue sea is held between pine trees, houses and hills rather than offered as an empty horizon.
Landmark work of L'Estaque by Paul CézanneWalls and roofs have a solidity that the colored diagonals of the land set in motion.
Landmark work of L'Estaque by Paul CézanneWorks to discover
The selection brings together the Gulf of Marseille, the houses of Riaux, the viaduct and a first plan of rocks, pines and sea.




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Loose horizontal format, light wood frame, very muted brown or blue. Let diffuse light reveal the passages between sea, rock and vegetation.
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