In the collection of Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia — check current display status with the museum.
FROM THE BARNES FOUNDATION’S CATALOG
Not far from the looming presence of Cézanne's beloved Mont Sainte-Victoire, Renoir's laborers harvest olives from tuft-like trees in an orchard. Inspired by one of two visits to Aix-de-Provence, the canvas has a viewpoint consistent with the house near Bellevue that Renoir rented from Cézanne's sister and brother-in-law in 1889. Unlike Cézanne's depictions of the same site, Renoir's landscape is populated by protagonists who add a narrative dimension to the image. By setting off the mountain against the diminutive human figures in the foreground, Renoir seems to emphasize nature's sublime magnitude.
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Paul Cézanne — Autumn Landscape (Paysage d'automne)
Paul Cézanne — The Bellevue Plain / The Red Earth (La plaine
Paul Cézanne — La Montagne Sainte-Victoire
Paul Cézanne — La Montagne Sainte-Victoire
Paul Cézanne
Paul Cézanne — Mount Sainte-Victoire
Paul Cézanne — Mont Sainte-Victoire (La Montagne Sainte-Vict
Paul Cézanne — Mont Sainte-Victoire with Large Pine
Paul Cézanne — Hunting Cabin in Provence (Cabane de chasse e
Paul Cézanne — Autumn Landscape (Paysage d'automne)
Paul Cézanne — Toward Mont Sainte-Victoire (Vers la Montagne
Paul Cézanne — Hunting Cabin in Provence (Cabane de chasse e
