Cézanne, Paul (1839-1906)
Paysage près de Paris (Landscape near Paris)
c.1876
Oil on canvas, 50.2 x 60 cm
National Gallery of Art, Washington
Across a grassy field, a row of buildings and two trees line the horizon, which comes about halfway up this nearly square landscape painting. The field is painted with visible brushstrokes of sage, moss, and mint green as well as caramel brown, parchment white, and turquoise blue. The trees, to our left of center, are painted with dark green. The buildings have charcoal-gray or terracotta-red roofs with cream-white or slate-blue walls. The sky above is painted with dabs and strokes of ice and baby blue, with areas of pale peach and ivory white to suggest clouds. (NGA)