Gardanne - Paul Cézanne

In Gardanne, Paul Cézanne presents the Provençal town as a carefully constructed landscape of interlocking planes and muted colour. Houses are stacked and simplified into geometric forms, their terracotta roofs and pale walls rising rhythmically toward the church tower at the centre. The surrounding greenery is rendered with the same structural intent, blurring the line between architecture and nature. Painted in oil on canvas around 1885–1886, this work exemplifies Cézanne’s revolutionary approach to landscape painting—less concerned with fleeting light and more focused on form, balance, and permanence. The result is a quietly powerful composition that bridges Impressionism and the foundations of modern art, making Gardanne a timeless and intellectually rich piece for any art collection.