We look across a forested ravine painted in deep greens and blues at a terracotta-orange building at the top of a hill at the center of this nearly square, loosely painted landscape. Spring and moss-green trees grow along the ravine in front of us and up the left side of the canvas. Shadows within the densely forested area are painted with slate and royal blue with touches of plum and lavender purple, and the blue continues into the sky in the upper right quadrant of the composition. The sky is visible through the pointed, arched windows on the upper level of the building, giving the…
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Château Noir

Paul Cezanne (French, 1839 - 1906)

1900/1904

Medium
oil on canvas
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
overall: 73.7 x 96.6 cm (29 x 38 1/16 in.) ; framed: 97.8 x 120.3 x 5.7 cm (38 1/2 x 47 3/8 x 2 1/4 in.)
Culture
French
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CF
Credit line
Gift of Eugene and Agnes E. Meyer
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Little Ones profiles and older: it shows gentle subjects for the very young. How works are placed

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