(b. 1839, Aix-en-Provence, d. 1906, Aix-en-Provence)
View of Château Noir
1894-96
Oil on canvas, 73 x 92 cm
National Gallery of Art, Washington
Cézanne depicts the Château Noir, popularly believed to be a place where Satanic rituals were held, as a mysteriously glowing building hidden behind dense foliage.