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

The Mill

1898-1900
Oil on canvas, 73 x 92 cm
Museum of Art, Philadelphia

An oil mill was to have been built near the Château Noir, but this project was never completed. The stones which were left lying around, half-covered in vegetation, provided a motif for Cézanne. They enabled him to create a harmonious relationship between cool and warm colours and between geometric and organic forms.




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