(b. 1839, Aix-en-Provence, d. 1906, Aix-en-Provence)
In the Grounds of Château Noir
c. 1900
Oil on canvas, 93 x 74 cm
National Gallery, London
The transformation and resolution of objects into areas of colour is a feature of Cézanne's later works. This view of painting no longer requires dramatic motifs: a randomly chosen detail of landscape containing tree trunks, foliage and block-shaped rocks suited Cézanne's distinctive ideas of pure painting just as well as the Château Noir or Mont Sainte-Victoire.
