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Cézanne’s Statuein Aix-en-Provence

April 4, 2016

The repaving of the area outside the tourist office has been completed and I was really hoping for something a bit more attractive and tourist-friendly – some benches for instance wouldn’t go amiss. And why has Cezanne just been plonked down on the ground? The Cezanne statue and the market in Aix-en-Provence.…

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Musee Granet 10 Ans d’Acquisitions

March 7, 2016

This exhibition brings together many of the paintings and sculptures that the musée Granet has collected over the past decade. The museum has, since its inception, been the recipient of donations from various local aristos and painters, but it is increasingly buying works to enrich the collection.…

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Over My Dead Body: Musée Granet Fulfills Its Destiny with Cézanne

August 20, 2015

You can believe there was a lot of competition and jealousy among artists in Aix. In fact, the poster boy for Aix-en-Provence, Paul Cézanne, was spurned by fellow artist and curator of The Museum of Aix from 1892 to 1925, Henri Pointier. Pointier, who never excelled to the degree that Cézanne did as an artist, …

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Painting the South

August 10, 2015

The south is a world of light. Luminescent brightness is the first, clearest and most lasting impression it makes when you arrive, and its absence is what hits you when you go back north. For a painter, the challenge is somehow to evoke this world using colours and canvas. It’s a challenge which forces the …

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The Night 8 Cézannes were Stolen in Aix

March 31, 2015

It was back in August 1961, a long-forgotten incident, and thanks to local historian Alain Paire for sending details of this fascinating story. The thieves climbed the garden walls then up the decorative ironwork of the façade to reach the first floor paintings. …

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New Cézanne Drawings

March 19, 2015

The art world in the US is a-buzz with the discovery of a Cezanne drawing and a watercolour hidden away at the back of two pictures in the Barnes collection in Philadelphia. The drawing illustrated here is, I’m sure, the side view of Jas de Bouffan with the farm buildings alongside.…

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Cezanne’s Provence Painted by Artist Jill Steenhuis Part 3

March 13, 2015

This is the third Perfectly Provence article on American artist Jill Steenhuis – you can read more on her background here and here. In this post learn about Cezanne’s artistic approach and one of his favourite spots Château Noir from Jill. Several things I learned from the Marchutz School that gave me the confidence to …

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Cezanne

Cézanne’s Statuein Aix-en-Provence

Musee Granet 10 Ans d’Acquisitions

Over My Dead Body: Musée Granet Fulfills Its Destiny with Cézanne

Painting the South

The Night 8 Cézannes were Stolen in Aix

New Cézanne Drawings

Cezanne’s Provence Painted by Artist Jill Steenhuis Part 3

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