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Atelier Cézanne

Address: 9 av. Paul-Cézanne, Aix-en-Provence
Phone: 04-42-21-06-53
www.atelier-cezanne.com

Cézanne Studio

Category: Museums/Galleries
Location: Aix-en-Provence

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Fodor's Review:

After the death of his mother forced the sale of Paul Cézanne's beloved country retreat known as Jas de Bouffan, he had this studio built just above the town center. In the upstairs work space, the artist created some of his finest paintings, including Les Grandes Baigneuses (The Large Bathers). The latter was so large, in fact, that the artist had a special slot built into the studio wall, as the canvas was too broad to carry down the stairs. But what is most striking is the collection of simple objects that once featured prominently in the still lifes he created: the tin milk can, the ginger jar, the flowered crockery, bottles and glasses from La Nature Morte aux Oignons (Still Life with Onions), and a tin coffee pot from La Femme à la Cafétière (The Woman with the Coffee Pot). Also here are Cézanne's redingote and bowler hat, hanging from pegs just as he left them; brushes, paint tubes, and the engravings with which he surrounded himself—works by Courbet, Delacroix, and Poussin. The atelier is behind an obscure garden gate on the left as you climb the Avenue Paul-Cézanne.

Cost: EUR 5.50
Open: Apr.-Sept., daily 10-noon and 2:30-6; Oct.-Mar., daily 10-noon and 2-5

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