Mont Sainte-Victoire Seen from Les Lauves
by CÉZANNE, Paul, Oil on canvas, 74 x 82 cm
In 1902, C�zanne bought a plot of land on the Chemin des Lauves, on an otherwise undeveloped hillside to the north of Aix, and had a two-storey house built with a large studio, some five metres high, on the first floor. He used the studio early in the morning and in the late afternoon. When it became too hot, he would paint watercolours on the terrace, which was surrounded by bushes and small trees and had a magnificent view of the town of Aix.