This week, Isabelle and I took a walk up to Cézanne's atelier, here in Aix-en-Provence. It's amazing to me that she can walk out her front door anytime she wants and be at Cézanne's house within minutes. The house itself was pretty and set back from the road in a little forest. At the time that he worked there, (he lived in the town) it was out in the middle of nowhere, but now it's in a busy part of town.
I would have taken pictures of the actual studio, but it was prohibited. The place was one small room, so I couldn't get away with it. Since I couldn't get a shot of it inside, I went out back and took a picture of the wall. Unfortunately the trees cover most of it, but there is a huge paneled window to let in light, making the studio light as natural as possible. Right next to it is a tall, thin door that was installed to facilitate the movement of his larger works. Sometimes he would take them outside to verify the colors in the natural outdoor light.
The most interesting part of visiting the studio was seeing the actual objects that he used as subjects for his still lifes.
After seeing the studio, Isabelle and I headed up the hill to the spot where he painted Sainte-Victoire. There was a memorial garden there for him as well as copies of at least 6 of his renditions of the mountain.
This little cutie seemed to love Cézanne as well...
After the mountain, we went in to town and saw the house where he died. It had a nice little plaque on the wall by the door for him.
We stopped by the Monument Sec on the way down to his house. How dramatic. It's an example of masonic architecture.
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