简介：ProvencewasCezanne’scountry:hewasathomethereasnowhereelse.Hissenseofbeinggroundedinsoparticularandsofamiliaraplace,resonantwithmemoryandemotion,causedhimtoconcentratemuchofhisextraordinarypictoralintelligencethereandtocreatefromthatlandscapesomeofthemostremarkableandoriginalimagesinlatenineteenth-andearlytwentieth-centuryart. NaturewasCezanne’sinspirationthroughouthiscareer,andhesoughttobeaworthyinterpreterofthebeautyhesawintheProvençallandscape.Itwashisgoaltoconveyhisvisualsensationsofcolor,light,andspaceinthemediumofpaint,andhesucceededmagnificently,producingworksofcompellingtactilequalityandcoloristicbeauty. InthedistinctivecountrysidearoundhisnativeAix-en-Provence,Cezannefoundtheimagesrichinnaturalbeautyandinemotionthathavesincebecomesynonymouswithhisart.CezannecreatedsomeofhismostcompellingimagesinthesolitudeofProvence,includingnotonlylandscapespaintedoutdoorsbutalsoportraitsandstilllifes.Throughouthiscareer,Provenceremainedaconstantsourceofstrengthinhisstruggletomasterthemeansofartisticexpression.OtherartistshadcometopainttheProvençallandscapebeforehimbutCezannemadehiscornerofProvenceuniquelyhisown,adoptingmotifsandviewthatconveyapowerfulsenseofplace.…