Mont Sainte-Victoire
The artist
Paul Cezanne, a French painter who loved the sunny hills and mountains near his hometown of Aix-en-Provence.
What you see
A wide view of a tall limestone mountain rising over green fields, trees, and little houses.
The story
Cezanne painted this same mountain more than sixty times, returning to it again and again over many years.
The style
He shaped the land with small blocks of warm and cool color instead of sharp lines, almost like a puzzle.
Look closer
Look closely and the mountain, trees, and sky all seem woven together from the same patches of paint.
Where to see it
Versions of this view hang in great museums around the world, from Philadelphia to Zurich.
Fun fact
Artists like Picasso studied these mountain paintings closely and called Cezanne the father of modern art.