Aix-en-Provence (13, Bouches du Rhone, Provence) is always worth a visit, but even more so in the summer of 2006 when the town celebrates the centenary of the death of the impressionist painter Paul Cezanne. Under the banner of Cezanne 2006, a series of events is being held, including a major exhibition of his works in the Musée Granet from 9 June - 17 September 2006.
The exhibition Cézanne in Provence features over a hundred of the artist’s works, with 80 oil paintings (including The Large Bathers from the National Gallery, London, and numerous versions of Sainte-Victoire) and 30 water colors. All the paintings are closely associated with localities in and near Aix, making the event a celebration of Cézanne’s Provence – a splendid proof that his universal genius, which anticipated Cubism, Fauvism and abstract art, was firmly and inevitably rooted in his native land.
Additionally numerous key sites such as his studios are to be opened to the public with a shuttle bus service to other sites such as the Mont Sainte-Victoire which featured so often in his paintings.
In addition there is a good website at www.cezanne-2006.com available in English.
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Keywords: France,Cezanne,Provence,Aixi
