178 today….here is one of his paintings which is new to me. It’s called ‘Mont Saint-Victoire and Hamlet near Gardanne’ and it can be found in a very interesting and topical place.
According to the Gardanne tourist website, it’s in the Oval Office at the White House!
Apparently the White House has 8 Cézannes, 6 landscapes and 2 still lifes, presented 85 years ago by American collector Charles A Loesser. There’s a long involved story about this bequest and its outcomes (http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/culture/la-et-cm-cezanne-20130901-dto-htmlstory.html) but it is fascinating to see where some of Cézanne’s local work finished up.
Let’s hope the new incumbent keeps it there!
More on Gardanne to follow……………………
aixcentric 
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