'The Grounds of the Château Noir', Paul Cézanne | Tate

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Artwork details

Artist

Paul Cézanne (1839‑1906)

Title

The Grounds of the Château Noir

Sous-bois devant les grottes au-dessus du Château Noir

Date c.1900-6

MediumOil paint on canvas

Dimensionssupport: 907 x 714 mm frame: 1170 x 974 x 103 mm

Collection

Lent by the National Gallery 1997

On long term loan

Reference

L01891

Not on display

Display caption

Cézanne aimed to portray his transitory sensations in response to landscape while communicating the underlying order in nature. This is one of several works executed around the Château Noir, about three miles from Aix-en-Provence, where he lived. By applying varied tones of colour in distinct but overlapping brushstrokes, he achieved a sense of depth, light and structure. Shortly before his death, he wrote: 'I am becoming more lucid before nature, but with me the realising of sensations is always painful. I cannot attain the intensity that is unfolded before my senses.'

September 2004

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