Cezanne sites
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| Jas de Bouffan Family Property |
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Situated 10 minutes from the town centre.
Opens in April 2006. Open all year, except 1 Jan, 1 May and 25 Dec.
For private visits, contact us for details.
Cézanne was 20 years
old when his father acquired the Jas de Bouffan
estate in 1859,and 60 when it was sold in 1899.
The site is the "centre
of gravity" of the Provence region
so loved by
the painter. In the 1860s,Cézanne even decorated the wall in the
Grand Salon with monumental and religious works of art and a series
of portraits. It is here that he learnt to paint in the open air:from
the
garden he painted his first Sainte-Victoire mountain in 1870. In 1871,
he started to paint the avenue of chestnut trees and the pond,
producing several different paintings through to the 1870s and
1880s.Cézanne moved away from his rough brushwork style
associated with his youth and sought to bring more light to his
palette. In the 1880s,he added a geometric rigour to his work,
particularly in his representations of the house. From 1890, he used
the estate’s farmers as models: card players,pipe-smoking men,
or an
old woman with rosary beads. He worked slowly, his aim being not to
imitate but to "produce" , in other words to make something
solid and
lasting.
He gave a dimension of timelessness to everyday gestures
Site visits:
Individual price: €5,50
Group price
15 people minimum: €4 (without
Tourist Office guide), €2
(with Tourist Office guide) 1 hour visit.
Group reservation required 2 free entries for
tour leader/guide per 15 paying people upon presentation of identification.
Group reservation only: Reservation Cezanne places
tel 04 42 16 10 08, fax : 04 42 16 11 79
E-mail : Cezanne
places
Terms of payment: We do not accept vouchers or bank
transfers. The following methods of payment are accepted:
- Credit cards
- Cheques in EUROS payable at a French bank, made out to TRESOR
PUBLIC
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| The Bibémus
Quarries |
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15 minutes from town centre.
1 hour visit.
Opens in April 2006, from 10:00 to 17:30.
For private visits, contact us for details.
For safety reasons,the
site will be open only from 8:00 to 11:00 in July, August and September.
The visit may be cancelled if there is a major risk of fire.
Cézanne started to work in the Bibémus quarries from 1897.
The plateau of Bibémus stretches far beyond the family home. He
came
here to paint the stone reserves of the town, its very foundation.
The texture of the rock
imparts it with a luminous yellow ochre colour, rich with harmonic tints.Cézanne
could not help but be
moved by the contrasting geometric shapes of the rocks, the
wilderness of the bushes and the dramatic cliffs.
The magic of the quarries lies in the subtle interplay of order and
disorder,mineral and vegetable. In artistic terms, Bibémus is
not only
like Cézanne in character, but also laden with Cubist, Fauvist
or
abstract features. It is no coincidence that the works which Cézanne
created there were an inspiration to Braque, Picasso, Matisse,
Kandinsky and Mondrian.
Site visit:
The Bibémus quarries
have undergone development by landscapist Philippe Deliau - Cabinet Alep.
The site offers a circuit which reveals Cézanne’s viewpoints
for some
of his paintings.
Rates
Individual
price: €5.5
Group price :
15 people minimum: €4
(without Tourist Office guide) or €2
(with Tourist Office guide).
1 hour visit.
Group reservation required.
2 free entries for tour leader/guide per 15 paying people upon
presentation of identification.
Group reservation
only
Reservation Cezanne places
tel 04 42 16 10 08, fax : 04 42 16 11 79
E-mail : Cezanne
places
Terms of payment:
We do not accept vouchers or bank transfers.
The following methods of payment are accepted:
- Credit cards
- Cheques in EUROS payable at a French bank, made out to TRESOR
PUBLIC.
