Turning Road at Montgeroult
Paul Cézanne
French, 1839–1906
1898
An oil painting in which Cézanne simplifies a village road and clustered houses into interlocking planes of color and brushwork to reveal the structural order of the landscape.
At first glance you notice rhythmic, blocky brushstrokes—warm ochres and terracotta roofs set against cool greens and blues—and a winding road that organizes the scene into shifting geometric planes rather than literal detail.
Painted late in his career, it exemplifies Cézanne's turn away from illusionistic depth toward color-based modeling and fractured perspective, a practice that directly influenced Cubism and modern abstraction.
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
32 x 25 7/8" (81.3 x 65.7 cm)
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Credit
Mrs. John Hay Whitney Bequest
Accession
586.1998
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