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Montagne Sainte-Victoire

The mountain of Sainte-Victoire, near where he grew up in Aix-en-Provence, was one of Cézanne's favourite subjects. He carefully composed his pictures, applying the pigment with short brushstrokes, creating zones of colour and breaking with the traditional laws of perspective. Roger Fry championed Cézanne's work in Great Britain. He praised the artist's 'great genius' in freeing art from the constraints of naturalism.

Credit: Presented by Sir Alexander Maitland in memory of his wife Rosalind 1960...

About 1890/95
Oil on canvas
55.0 x 65.4cm
NG 2236
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