Trees and house, Provence
Ca. 1885
Paul Cézanne loved painting the rugged landscape of his home in Provence, and here he captures a quiet house nestled behind a tangle of twisting, almost skeletal trees. Notice how the branches don't just sit on top of the background but seem to weave through the space, creating a complex web of blue and brown lines. This is classic Cézanne—he wasn't just painting what he saw, but trying to show the underlying geometry of nature, using patches of color to build up the forms like a puzzle. His unique approach to breaking down reality into shapes paved the way for Cubism and modern art.
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