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

Quarry at Bibémus

1898-1900
Oil on canvas, 65 x 81 cm
Museum Folkwang, Essen

In the 1890s, Cézanne found new subjects east of Aix: the Château Noir and the quarry at Bibémus, whose reddish-ochre shell limestone had been used for building since Roman times. The strength of the painting comes from its chaotic jumble of rock faces drenched in sunlight.