"Cézanne en Provence"
Aix en Provence, 2006
| Cézanne 2006 |
The city of Aix-en-Provence is on the point of celebrating the centenary of Paul Cézanne's death with a year rich in demonstrations.
The exhibition "Cézanne in Provence" , of international significance, will inaugurate the reopening of the Granet museum, one of the richest province museums , where the Master inhabitant of Aix was not admitted to enter during his life : 120 major works (80 oils, 40 watercolours) painted by Cézanne in Provence or on the subject of the provence landscapes, lent by international museums and private collections, will be thus presented in 2006 in Washington and Aix in Provence.
Moreover, visitors after the visit of the exhibition will be able to discover the places of Cézanne's life and work in Aix countryside, the points of view on Sainte-Victoire, the careers of Bibemus, Jas de Bouffan, the Workshop of Lauves and all the other places always impressed of his presence.