Rocks at L'Estaque
by CÉZANNE, Paul, Oil on canvas, 73 x 91 cm
In the first half of the 1880s, C�zanne painted in L’Estaque. The paintings from this period include the present landscape, in which C�zanne is particularly interested in the rocky pinnacles, scarred by erosion and covered in sparse, wiry vegetation. He has used a very limited palette in this painting: bluish-grey for the rocks, green for the vegetation, and ochre for the soil, but there are complex tonalities within this small range of colours.