CÉZANNE, Paul
(b. 1839, Aix-en-Provence, d. 1906, Aix-en-Provence)

Large Pine near Aix

1895-97
Oil on canvas, 72 x 91 cm
The Hermitage, St. Petersburg

The pine that Cézanne painted several times seems here to be bestowing space with its branches. Space does not run away into the distance, as in classical perspective, but swells from the centre to the edges, becoming even more tangible as it approaches the foreground.