Analysis of the Mont Sainte-Victoire Paintings by Cezanne Montagne Sainte-Victoire is a limestone mountain in the south of France, overlooking Aix-en-Provence. It already possessed a symbolic appeal in the region, being linked to an ancient Roman victory and several early Christian festivals. read more
In these paintings, Cézanne often sketched the railway bridge on the Aix-Marseille line at the Arc River Valley in the center on the right side of the picture. Especially, in Mont Sainte-Victoire and the Viaduct of the Arc River Valley (1885–1887), he depicted a moving train on this bridge. read more
Paul Cézanne, Mont Sainte-Victoire, 1902-04, oil on canvas, 73 x 91.9 cm (Philadelphia Museum of Art) A mountain At 3317 feet (1011 meters) high, the limestone peak of Mont Sainte-Victoire is a pigmy compared to the giants of, say, Mount Fuji and Mount Rainier. read more