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In the STEps of CZANNe

Life and work of the master of aix

The name Czanne has been mentioned in the records of Aix-en-Provence Town Hall since 1700. Paul Czannes grandparents had left Aix to settle in Saint-Zacharie (Var), where Czannes father, Louis-Auguste, was born on 28 June 1798.
Self-portrait with eaSel 1898-1900, lithography 63x47.2 cm, aix-en-provence, granet muSeum.

1839

19 January, Paul Czanne born at 28 Rue de lOpra, Aix-enProvence. His father, Louis-Auguste Czanne, had a felt hat business in Aix.

1887 1895

Czanne rents a room at Chteau Noir, in cour du Pistachier.

4 July, the artists sister, Marie Czanne, born at 55 Cours Mirabeau. 1 8 4 4 29 January, wedding of Louis-Auguste Czanne and Anne-Elizabeth Aubert, the mother of his children. 1 84 4- 18 5 0 Paul Czanne attends primary school in Rue des Epineaux. 1 8 4 8 1 June, the Czanne and Cabassol Bank is set up. 1 85 0- 52 Paul Czanne attends Saint-Joseph boarding school.
1841 1 85 2- 58 At Bourbon college, Paul Czanne makes friends with Emile Zola and Baptistin Baille. 1 8 5 4 30 June, Czannes second sister, Rose Czanne, born at 14 Rue Matheron. 1 8 5 7 First enrolment in the local art school in Aix, now the Granet Museum. 1 8 5 8 February, Zola leaves Aix for Paris, but returns for the summer holidays. July, Czanne fails his baccalaureate. 12 November: he passes his diploma with 60-70%. Between November 1858 and August 1859, he studies hard at the local art school.

From Aix, Czanne goes to Sainte-Victoire mountain and Bibmus quarries, where he rents a small house. The dealer Vollard organises the first solo exhibition dedicated to Czanne in his gallery (November). 1897 Czanne works at Le Tholonet and Bibmus quarries. His mother dies on 25 October. 1899 After selling Jas de Bouffan, Czanne does not manage to acquire the Chteau Noir estate. He exhibits paintings at the Salon of Independent Artists. He moves to 23 Rue Boulegon. 1901 Buys a plot of land on Chemin des Lauves, overlooking Aix, to set up his studio. 1902 Ambroise Vollard visits Czanne in Aix. The painter learns with sorrow of Zolas death. 1904 Emile Bernard and Charles Camoin visit Czanne.
1905 1906

Boulegon.

Czanne exhibits works at the Autumn Salon. Czanne dies in Aix on 23 October, in his apartment on Rue

1907

The Autumn Salon dedicates a posthumous retrospective to Czanne, showing 56 of the artists works.

Paul Czanne enrolled at the Law faculty of Aix. His father acquires the Jas de Bouffan property. Zola again spends his holidays in Aix. From November 1859 to August 1860, Paul Czanne continues to study at the local art school. He wins second prize for a painted figure study. He dreams of becoming a painter. 1 8 6 1 Gives up his law studies. He makes his first visit to Paris, where he joins Zola and meets Pissaro at the Swiss Academy. Discouraged, he returns to Aix and goes to work in his fathers bank, while continuing to take classes at the local art school of Aix. 1 8 6 2 Leaves his fathers bank and returns to Paris (November). 1 8 6 3 Exhibits in Salon des Refuss, he works at the Swiss Academy where he often meets Pissaro, Guillaumin, Guillemet and Oller, and he copies at the Louvre Museum. 1 8 6 4 He is turned down at the salon, as well as in the following years. He stays in LEstaque near Marseilles. 1 8 6 5 After spending the year in Paris, he returns to Aix in the summer and makes friends with Valabrgue, Marion and the German musician Morstatt. 1 8 6 6 In Aix, in the autumn, Czanne completes a series of paintings using a pallet knife (still lifes and portraits). 1 8 6 9 Meets Hortense Fiquet at the Swiss Academy in Paris; she becomes his partner. 1 8 7 0 During the Franco-Prussian war, he takes refuge in LEstaque. 1 8 7 2 A son, Paul, is born to Czanne and Hortense. 1 87 4- 77 Participates in the first and third impressionist exhibitions. 1 8 8 2 Admitted to the Salon for the only time in his career. 1 8 8 3 Meets Monet and Renoir in the South of France. 1 8 8 6 Following the publishing of Zolas Luvre, Czanne splits up with his old classmate from Bourbon College. He marries Hortense in April. His father dies in October.
1859

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On the maps, each path has a specific colour

Green, the Tholonet route Chteau Noir, Colline des Pauvres, Sainte-Victoire mountain View of the Tholonet road Red, the Bibmus route The quarries, Sainte-Victoire mountain seen from the Infernets Blue, the Arc route Trois-Sautets bridge, Palette, Sainte-Victoire mountain seen from Bayeux bridge Yellow, the Jas de Bouffan route Jas de Bouffan house, Bellevue and Montbriand houses on Valcros hill, Sainte-Victoire with the tall pine tree Grey, Les Lauves route Czannes studio, Sainte-Victoire seen from Les Lauves, Painters Territory

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From 1887 onwards, Czanne rented a small room in the pistachio tree courtyard. He invited me for an outing to Chteau Noir... One sunny afternoon, he came to pick us up in a car that he rented by the year so that, if he was tired, he could get to his subject or to his studio outside the town. We all left in high spirits, and followed a road which became more and more lovely. At last we saw some pine woods, and he made me get out to have a better look at the place, which we explored together. Despite his age, he was extremely agile and was able to clamber across the rocks (Emile Bernard).

trois s a ut et s Br i dGe (1 oiL, 2 wa t er coL our s )

On 14 August 1906 Czanne wrote to his son: I am waiting for 4 oclock. The car is coming to pick me up and will take me down the river, to the Trois Sautets Bridge. It is cooler down there, yesterday it was wonderful. I began a watercolour like the ones I used to do in Fontainebleau, it seems brighter to me. The main thing is to express as much empathy as possible .

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sainte-Victoire seen from Les LauVes

: Sites open to visitors : Sites open to visitors subject to authorisation : Sites not open to visitors

44 oil paintings and 43 watercolours bear witness to Czannes love for the Sainte-Victoire. Setting up his easel near Chemin de Marguerite, the artist chose the highest viewpoint of the mountain. He often returned between 1902 and 1906, to finish 11 oils on canvas and 17 watercolours, which can be seen today in the worlds greatest museums or in private collections. Some features of the landscape in the earliest paintings can still be seen: wheat fields, road to the Alps, red roofs of houses and the power plant. In February 1904, Emile Bernard accompanied Czanne on the motif . It was two kilometres from the studio, facing a valley, at the foot of Sainte-Victoire, that bold mountain that he never stopped painting in watercolour and oil, and which filled him with admiration . Czanne would settle down opposite the mountain with his easel, his paint box, his palette and his paintbrushes. He hid from prying eyes, away from the sunshades of landscape artists. A few yards from there, he painted Jourdans cottage. On 15 October 1906, a thunderstorm struck. Czanne stayed and painted in the rain for a few hours, and then had a fainting fit. We brought him back to Rue Boulegon on a laundry cart, and two men had to lift him into his bed. Early the next morning, he went down to the Lauves studio

Views of the Sainte-Victoire painted by Czanne

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B e L LeVu e ( 1 1 oi Ls , 2 water coLours)

garden to work on a portrait of Vallier under the lime tree. He came back a dying man... . Czanne wanted to die whilst painting. He passed away a week later during the night of 22 to 23 October, from pleurisy. As part of its policy to develop the Czanne sites, the city of Aix-en-Provence has created the painters ground (terrain des peintres), now within the Marguerite Estate. Opposite the mountain which, from this angle, becomes a figurehead, ten panels depict the main Sainte-Victoires painted by Czanne from Chemin de la Marguerite.

On 2 December 1886 Czannes sister Rose bought this property for 38,000 francs. In late 1889 Renoir joined Czanne in Aix and rented Bellevue from Maxime Conil, the artists brother-in-law. Maxime Conil sold the Bellevue property in September 1895.

Sainte-victoire mountain and chteau noir 1904-1906, tokyo, BridgerStone muSeum of art.

Jas de Bouffan

J a s de Bouffan

Owned by the Truphme family, who were commissioners during the 18th century wars, Jas de Bouffan was bequeathed by marriage to the Joursin family, who sold it on 15 September 1859 to Louis-Auguste Czanne, who moved in around 1870. Between 1881 and 1885, the roof of the house had to be replaced and he made a little studio in the attic for his son. On 18 September 1899, two years after the death of Mrs Czanne, Czanne and his two sisters sold Jas de Bouffan to Louis Granel, an agricultural engineer trained at the Ecole Polytechnique who was from Carcassonne. In 1994, the last owner, Andr Corsy, sold the property to the City of Aix-en-Provence, subject to life use, with the exception of the farm. Since the end of 2002, the mansion and the grounds surrounding it, classed as Historical Monuments, have been owned by the City of Aix-en-Provence, which has just started a restoration programme on the whole house. Between 1860 and 1870, in the large oval drawing room on the ground floor Czanne painted twelve large compositions straight on the walls, which were removed from 1912: The Four Seasons: Spring, Summer, Winter, Autumn, Portrait of the Artists Father, Louis-Auguste Czanne, The Bather at the Rock, The Entrance to the Chteau, Romantic landscape with fishermen, Hide and seek according to Lancret, Portrait of Achille Emperaire, Contrast, Christ in Limbo and the Penitent Magdalene. Between 1866 and 1895, Czanne set up his easel in the grounds and painted thirty-six oils and seventeen watercolours of the house and farm, the groves and the chestnut walkway, the pond and its statues Guided tours of the grounds are proposed highlighting the points of view from which Czanne painted his many works.

the Spring and the Summer - 1860-1861, pariS, petit palaiS

Dates and times for individuals only - 2010

1 April - 31 May and 1 - 31 October 1 June 30 September 1 November 31 December Open Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays Tours start: 10.30, 12.00, 14.00 (in English), 15.30 Open every day - Tours start at 10.30, 12.00, 14.00 (in English), 15.30 Open only Wednesday and Saturday 10.00

All tours are guided. Tours without a guide are not permitted. Individuals - booking recommended. Tel: 33 (0)4 42 161 161 - www.aixenprovencetourism.com Getting there: bus n 6 from la Rotonde Victor Hugo - stop: Corsy Groups - open all year round: booking required Tel: 33 (0)4 42 16 10 08 - sites@aixenprovencetourism.com Coach parties: set down in front of property in route de Galice, then parking at Louison Bobet gymnasium and Maurice David stadium. Closed January, February, March, 1/05 and 25/12 Tour duration 45 min

the 3 sites of czanne

J a s de B o u f f an 17, route de Galice Tel 33 (0)4 42 161 161 www.cezanne-en-provence.com

these places steeped in the presence of czanne allow you to see the works in their original setting Practical information for all 3 Czanne sites: Jas de Bouffan the Bibmus quarries Czannes studio
Ticket Office: Tourist Office Open Monday to Saturday 9.00 - 12.00 and 14.00 - 18.00 Sundays and public holidays 10.00 - 13.00 and 14.00 - 18.00 (except 1/01, 1/05 and 25/12) Extended opening hours during high season: contact us for details. Office de Tourisme dAix-en-Provence 2 place du Gnral de Gaulle - 13100 Aix-en-Provence - FRANCE www.aixenprovencetourism.com For a complete list of sales points in each dpartement, visit www.dispobillet.com Tickets on sale at: Fnac - Carrefour - Gant - Magasins U - Intermarch www.fnac.com - www.carrefour.fr - www.francebillet.com 0 892 68 36 22 (0.34/minute)

Entry prices for each of all 3 Czanne sites:

Full price................. 5.50 Group price ............ 4 (15 paying visitors minimum) Reduced price ....... 2 (age 13 to 25 inclusive) Free for children up to age 12 (on day of visit), minimum wage, long-term unemployed, disabled, press cards and ICOM, tour guide. Proof shall be requested. Czanne Pass (3 sites) On sale at all three Czanne sites and at the Tourist Office Individuals.............. 12 Groups ..................... 10 Transfer to and from the Trois Bons Dieux car park and the Bibmus quarries: information at the Tourist Office 33 (0)4 42 161 161 Animals not allowed

the BiBmus quarries

BiBemus quarries

In 1896, Numa Coste wrote to Emile Zola: He has rented a hut in the dam quarries and spends most of his time there. When Czanne set up his easel in the middle of the quarries, they had not been worked for several decades. They were worked from the Roman period until the end of the 18th century. The limestone molasses walls still have oblique grooves resulting from picks used by the quarrymen to detach the blocks from the rock. In this chaotic landscape, abandoned by men, Czanne painted eleven oils and sixteen watercolours between 1895 and 1904. Five motifs reproduced in his works are still identifiable today: The Red Rock kept at the Muse de lOrangerie in Paris, the two Bibmus Quarries kept at the Barnes Foundation and in the Stephen Hahn collection in New-York, Bibmus quarry, which is part of a private collection in Kansas City and Mont Sainte-Victoire seen from Bibmus, kept at the Baltimore Museum of Art. Czanne also painted Mont SainteVictoire from the terrace of the hut. The city of Aix, which owns the premises, has done some landscaping in order to open the quarries to tours.

The adaptations made to the site in order to welcome visitors are minimalist and consider the site to be a vast archaeological dig, a pile of blocks and an area of plant life that should not be disturbed. The route allows you to: - compare the original motif (Sainte-Victoire, nature: pine branches and tree silhouettes but also the geometrically shaped orange rocks, which the painter used as inspiration for his striking, globally renowned works announcing Cubism), the points of view where Czanne set up his easel, measure the composition, geometrisation and colour work, - find the hut where the artist stored his work, - go and see the rocks and the quarry, part of the history of the city of Aix, - feel the atmosphere of a preserved site, spared by time, a place outside of this world. The landscaping has been done by Philippe Deliau and Hlne Bensoam, ALEP, landscapers based in Cadenet

Dates and times for individuals only - 2010

1 April - 31 May and 1 - 31 October 1 June - 30 September 1 November 31 December Open Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays Tours start at 10.30 and 15.30 Tours every day at 9.45* One tour only on Wednesdays and Saturdays at 15.00

All tours are guided. Tours without guides are not permitted. Individuals - booking advised Tel: 33 (0)4 42 161 161 - www.aixenprovencetourism.com Getting there: bus n 4 from la Rotonde Office de Tourisme Stop: Trois Bons Dieux. Parking for light vehicles: Trois Bons Dieux car park.
BiBmuS QuarrieS c. 1895, eSSen, muSeum folkwang.

Groups - open all year round: booking required Tel: 33 (0)4 42 16 10 08 - sites@aixenprovencetourism.com Closed January, February, March, 1/05 and 25/12 Duration of tour 1 h Transfer: Trois Bons Dieux car park / Bibmus quarries Tel: 33 (0)4 42 161 161

My dear Solari, on Sunday, if you are free and you would like to, come for lunch at Restaurant Berne, Tholonet. If you come in the morning you will find me at around eight oclock at the quarry where you did a study the time before last that you came.

Path difficult for people with reduced mobility. Walking shoes recommended ca r r i r e s de BiB mu s N3090 Chemin de Bibmus Tel 33 (0)4 42 161 161 - www.cezanne-en-provence.com * During this period, the site may be closed by the prefecture based on the weather conditions for the day. Check the night before on: www.bouches-du-rhone.pref.gouv.fr Concors Sainte Victoire area

Letter to Solari, Le Tholonet, end of August 1897

Site of BiBmuS

aix, czannes home town

LATELIER DES LAUVES 800m, 9 av. P. Czanne

JAS DE BOUFFAN BELLEVUE MONTBRIAND LE GOUR DE MARTELLY

1 h ou se o f c ezan ne s Birth - 28 Rue de lOpra Paul born on 19 January 1839, in a charitable institution run by the Misses Michel, near Miss Aubes boarding school of the Nativity. 2 ch a pe LL erie d u c o ur s mir aBeau

partnership with Coupin to take over the hat shop on Cours Mirabeau, and lived above the shop. After Pauls birth, Anne-Elizabeth Aubert and her baby moved in with the childs father. Marie Czanne was born there on 4 July 1841.

The home of Louis-Auguste Czanne - 55 Cours Mirabeau This is the address of the hat shop owned by Franois Carbonnel and his wife Marie Aubert, probably related to Anne-Elizabeth Aubert. After working in the Aix wool factory, Louis-Auguste Czanne left for Paris to learn the hatters trade. On his return in 1825 he worked in the Carbonnel workshop and met Anne-Elizabeth Aubert who was a hat-maker at the time. He went into

3 ca f d es deux Ga r on s - 53 bis Cours Mirabeau (ground floor of the Gants hotel) On 7 October 1906, Czanne wrote to his son: Last night, before dinner, I spent from about 4 to 7 oclock with Capdeville (pharmacist), Niolon (painter), Fernand Bouteille (president of the Bar), etc, at the Deux Garons caf.

When I was in Aix, I thought I would be better off elsewhere. Now that Im here, I miss Aix... when youre born there, thats it, nothing else appeals.
Letter to Philippe Solari, Tailloires, 23 July

BIBMUS SAINT MARC JAUMEGARDE VAUVENARGUES

Follow Czannes footsteps indicated by the trail of studs

LE THOLONET ROUTE CZANNE SAINTE VICTOIRE

PONT DES TROIS SAUTETS PALETTE PONT DE BAYEUX MEYREUIL

Bureau dInformations Culturelles (Cultural Information Office) Ville dAix-en-Provence 19, rue Gaston de Saporta Tel. 33 (0)4 42 91 99 19 www.mairie-aixenprovence.fr

4 cafe ori en t a L - 13 Cours Mirabeau (now Bistrot Romain) Joachim Gasquet met Paul Czanne here in 1896. The first time I saw him, he was in the caf. Solari, Numa Coste and my father were talking with him. It was on a Sunday, at aperitif time. There they sat at a table on Cours Mirabeau, on the terrace of the Caf Oriental where Alexis and Coste used to go...

15 m iGnet coL L eGe - 41 Rue Cardinale (former Bourbon college) From 1852 (first year of secondary school) to 1858. After failing the first session of the arts baccalaureate on 4 August 1858, Czanne passed with 60-70%, on 12 November 1858. He met Emile Zola, Jean-Baptiste Baille and Louis Marguery. 16 art s c h o oL , G r a n e t m use um

- Place Saint-Jean de Malte A student from 1857 to 1862, Czanne took life model classes and classes in drawing from the antique where the models were plaster and marble figures in the museums collection. On 25 August 1859, he won second prize for painting at Aix municipal art school. 17 church of st-Jean de maLte Funeral of his mother, Madame Czanne, on 27 October 1897.

5 c a f e c Lement - 44 Cours Mirabeau - (Ground floor of the Gassendi hotel) In 1901, Lo Larguier and Czanne met there: In summer, we used to sit from time to time on the terrace of Caf Clment. At the time it was the main caf of Aix, frequented by officers, rich students and smart people of the town who werent afraid to slum it and be seen in this small establishment... Paul Czanne seemed happy enough to be there and when he suggested going for a drink, he always used to say, Lets go to the Clm Caf...People would come in and out of the caf, but I dont remember ever seeing anyone greeting the painter. Nobody seemed to know him.
a pa r tment o f his m othe r, m a d a m e c ezanne

18 w hite pen i t en t s cha peL - Rue du Marchal Joffre The Bourguignon de Fabregoules collection, bequeathed to the City of Aix for the Granet Museum, was shown in this former chapel for ten years, from 1866 to 1876. On 19 October 1866 Czanne wrote to Zola, Father Gilbert from the museum invited me to visit the Bourgignon Museum, and I went with Baille, Marion and Valabrgue. I found it all quite awful. 19 soLaris - Rue de lOpra
studio

20 hom e of ma r i e cza n n e, the art i s t s s i s t er

- 30 Cours Mirabeau She lived here from 1895 onwards. From June to September 1897, Czanne visited his mother and dined with her every evening: He dines in the evening and spends the night with his mother, whom he cares for tenderly. She is disabled, and he takes her out in the car, and to enjoy the sunshine at the Jas. She is as slim and frail as a child, and he carries her himself in his arms which are still strong, from the car to her chair. He is constantly telling her affectionate jokes. - She died in this house, on 25 October 1897. 7 c h u rch o f La madeLe ine - Place des Prcheurs Pauls christening 20 February 1839. Maries christening on 7 July 1841. Wedding of Louis-Auguste and Elizabeth Aubert on 30 January 1844. Marriage blessing of Rose Czanne and Maxime Conil on 27 February 1881. 8 2 p L ace des Achille Emperaires home.
prcheurs

- 8 Rue Frdric Mistral (former rue de la Monnaie) Marie lived here in 1897 (Letter from Czanne to Solari, 30 January 1897) 21 h ome o f h o r t e n s e a nd pauL cza n n e J un i or

- 9 Rue Frdric Mistral (former rue de la Monnaie) On 12 February 1891, after their trip to Switzerland, Czanne reduced the allowance of his wife and son so that they would return to Aix. As Hortense had fallen out with her in-laws, Czanne set them up in this apartment while he lived in the Jas de Bouffan with his mother and sister. 22 societ e des a mi s des a r t s - 2 bis Avenue Victor Hugo Founded in 1894 and set up at this address in 1895, in a former garage. Czanne held exhibitions here on three occasions: 1895: The Arc Valley and Landscape (study). 1902: Meadow at Jas de Bouffan, Near Aix and Still Life. 1906: Chteau du Diable (Devils castle), otherwise known as Chteau Noir on the Tholonet road.

9 23 r ue s uffr en Czannes maternal grandmothers home. 10 L o c aL - Rue des Epineaux 1844 to 1850. Met Philippe Solari.
s ch o o L

11 e c oLe s aint-J o se ph (Saint Joseph Catholic school) - 16 Cours Saint-Louis 1850 to 1852. Met Henri Gasquet. 12 c a f e Beau fo r t - On the corner of Cours Saint-Louis and Cours des Arts et Mtiers Meeting point for the Aix protest artists: Ravaisou, Emperaire, Solari and Gasquet, sometimes accompanied by Czanne. 13 th e czanne fami LY home f r o m 1 878 to 1881, t h e n t he co niLs hom e

23 fount a i n of r ue des BaGniers

In 1926, Ambroise Vollard gave the town a bronze medallion created by the sculptor Richard Guino, one of Maillols students, taken from a drawing and under Renoirs direction.

24 cez a n n e f a mi L Y home from 184 4 t o 1 8 5 0

- 20 Rue Emeric David Around 16 September, Madame Czanne senior left LEstaque and the family moved to this new address. The house, which cost 16,500 francs, was part of Roses dowry. Czannes niece, Marthe-Anne-Marie Conil, born on 3 October 1882. / Marie-Antoinette-Paule Conil born on 3 May 1885. / Marie-Rose-Amlie Conil born on 27 December 1888. / Louis Conil born on 20 September 1892. 14 home of - 16, Rue meric David
achiLLe emperaire

- 14 Rue de la Glacire The registered home of Louis-Auguste Czanne at the time of his wedding in 1844. On the marriage certificate drawn up on 10 January 1844, Louis-Auguste is mentioned as being a former hatter, proprietor, with no profession.

25 t own h aLL Preserves the following certificates: Birth of Paul, 19 January 1839. Birth of Marie, 4 July 1841, birth of Rose, 1 June 1854. Marriage of Louis-Auguste Czanne and Anne-Elizabeth Aubert, 29 January 1844. Marriage of Rose Czanne and lawyer Maxime Conil, 26 February 1881. Marriage of Paul Czanne and Hortense Fiquet, 28 April 1886. Death of Louis-Auguste, 23 October 1886. Death of Madame Czanne senior, 25 October 1897. Death of Paul Czanne, 23 October 1906. 26 f a t her c zannes Bank - 24 Rue des Cordeliers The Czanne and Cabassol Bank, with capital of 100,000 francs, opened for business on 1 June 1848. 27 f a t her c zannes - 13 Rue Boulegon In 1856, the bank moved to this new address. Paul agreed to work here after his stay in Paris.
Bank

28 c z a nne s Las t hom e - 23 Rue Boulegon In the autumn of 1899, having sold Jas de Bouffan, Czanne settled at this last address. He died here, after an attack of pleurisy during the night of 22 October 1906. His death was registered the following morning, 23 October, at 7.00. 29 c z anne famiLY hom e fr o m 1 8 5 0 to 1 8 7 0

-14 Rue Matheron Birth of Rose Czanne on 1 June 1854. Czanne spent his youth between here and Jas de Bouffan. The census of 1860 mentioned Paul Czanne as a clerk living at this address. - 30 Rue Portalis (once the Rue Saint-Louis) Czanne stayed here in 1899, while his apartment at 23 Rue Boulegon was being refurbished. - 9 Rue de lOpra On 4 February 1904, on his return from Egypt via Marseille, Emile Bernard visited Czanne for the first time in Aix, where he stayed for a month and rented an apartment with Madame De S..... before moving into the ground floor of the Lauves studio.
h ome o f emiLe Berna rd h ome o f Jo ac h im Ga sque t

31 sa int - s a uVeur ca t hedr a L Christening of Rose Czanne on 5 June 1854. Czannes funeral on Wednesday 24 October 1906, at 10.00. On Sundays we used to go to church. He would dress in his best clothes. He would sit in the factory pew and listen carefully to the sermon. As soon as he got to the little cloister before the Cathedral, he would be assaulted by beggars ...He would prepare his money before leaving his room, and would dish it out in handfuls whilst walking past them. Im having my share of the Middle-Ages, he would whisper to me near the font. I had seen Czanne here, under the big painting of the Burning bush, in which Moses looks uncannily like him. (Emile Bernard) 32 church of s a i n t - J ea n Baptist e du f a uBour G

- Cours Sextius Paul Czanne and Hortense Fiquets wedding ceremony, the day after their civil wedding, on 29 April 1886. Funeral of Louis-Auguste Czanne on 24 October 1886, after his death on 23 October. 33 restaur a n t de L a cr oi x de m aL t e, r ue cL on Y 34 sa int - pi er r e cemet er Y Czanne buried on 24 October 1906. The ashes of John Rewald have lain here since 1994.

in the steps of cezanne

Walking tour
30 L a w fac u LtY - Place de lUniversit First enrolment on 16 December 1858. Second enrolment on 19 January 1859. Third enrolment on 11 April 1859. Fourth enrolment on 7 July 1859. Fifth enrolment on 19 November 1859. On 28 November 1859, Czanne passed the first Baccalaureate examination, but did not enrol for the new academic year in 1860, his final year, which would have enabled him to practise Law. From 1 April to 31 October, every Thursday from the Tourist Office at 10.00, this tour will show you the places that marked the painters life as well as the Czanne gallery in the Granet museum.
in the steps of zoLa

Walking tour
Upon reservation only Discover Zolas Plassans

Information and reservation:

Tourist Office 2, Place du Gnral de Gaulle Tel: 33 (0)442 161 161

the muse Granet

Czanne and Aixs Museum
Between 1857 and 1862, the young Paul Czanne attended classes at the free drawing school in Aix, which had been established with its collection of works of art in the former priory of the Order of Malta since 1828. From 1831 the town hall collections were in turn displayed there; at the time the main purpose of these paintings, sculptures, objets dart and archaeological artefacts was to contribute to the education of the young drawers and sculptors. So as a pupil, during his studies Czanne copied paintings such as Le Baiser de la muse by Frilli, Le Prisonnier de Chillon by Edouard Dubuffe and Pches dans un plat from the 17th century French school, which was often found in his still lifes. He dreamed of painting like Mattia Preti, as he later confided to his young friend Gasquet. Despite his first personal exhibition at Vollard in 1895, after which he finally began to be recognised, the Luxembourg Museum, which was then a museum of modern art, and the city of Aix categorically refused to include works by Czanne in their collections. Since 1936 Granet Museum has filled this gap, and lithographs, watercolours and drawings have been donated to it by several donors or bought by the city of Aix. In 1984 the Muse dOrsay gave it 8 paintings in trust that perfectly illustrated Czannes studies from 1859 until around 1895. The donation made in 2007 to the museums of France by M. Meyer meant that from June 2007 it was able to display an additional oil and a watercolour. (Only the 9 oils on canvas are permanently displayed, the watercolours and drawings are only displayed for 3-month periods every 3 years, for preservation reasons)

leS BaigneuSeS - circa 1895, granet muSeum, aix-en-provence

t he 9 c z a nne d i s p LaYe d a t Gra ne t m us eum

- Le Baiser de la Muse circa 1860 - Paysage de la campagne dAix-en-Provence, la tour de Csar circa 1862 - Nature morte : sucrier, poires et tasse bleue 1865 - 1866 - Femme nue au miroir 1866 - 1867 - Bethsabe 1885 - 1890 - Portrait de Madame Czanne 1885-1886 - LApothose de Delacroix 1890 - 1894 - Les Baigneuses circa 1895 - Vue prise du Jas de Bouffan 1875 - 1876

o n e o f the finest m u s e u ms in fr ance

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Following the success of the Picasso Czanne exhibition, enjoy the permanent collections spanning the 14th to the 20th century including French, Flemish, Dutch, and Italian schools, with works by Rembrandt, Rubens, Ingres, David, Granet, the Provenal school, not to mention the Czanne gallery. An absolute must is the exceptional donation from Czanne to Giacometti, which is a panorama of 20th century art, with nineteen works by Giacometti, and paintings by Lger, Mondrian, Klee, de Stal, Morandi, Tal Coat, Picasso, etc. The museum develops a dynamic programme of temporary exhibitions, interpretations and tours, as well as educational and cultural activities.

granet muSeum, aix-en-provence

m us e G r an e t Place Saint Jean de Malte Tel: 33 (0)4 42 52 88 32 - Fax : 04 42 52 87 82 resagranet@agglo-paysdaix.fr www.museegranet-aixenprovence.fr

czannes studio
Lauves Studio
On 1 September 1902 Czanne wrote to his niece, Paule Conil: Little Marie has cleaned my studio which is now finished and I am settling down there little by little...

Dates and times for individuals only - 2010

All Czannes admirers are well aware that this is where you can feel the presence of the painter at its strongest. In November 1901, Czanne bought a little country property from Joseph Bouquier surrounded by 7,000 m2 of farmland, planted with olive and fig trees and bordered by the Canal du Verdon, on the Lauves hill. When the work was completed after ten months, Czanne wrote to his niece, Paule Conil, on 1 September 1902: Little Marie has cleaned my studio, which is finished, and I am settling down there little by little. Within those walls, along with his painting materials, he brought together all the objects that were dear to him, which he portrayed in his last still lifes. Every day without fail, Czanne left his apartment in rue Boulegon to come and work in his large studio in the country. He rose very early, went to his studio in all seasons, from six oclock until half past ten, came back for his meal in Aix, then left straight afterwards for the motif or landscape until five oclock in the afternoon. Dozens of works that are now kept in the great museums of the world, including his last, Large Bathers were painted in this studio of light and silence. After the death of Czanne in 1906, the studio remained closed for fifteen years. In 1921, Marcel Provence bought it from Czannes son and occupied it until his death in 1951. In order to save it from the developers, James Lord and John Rewald, founded the Cezanne Memorial Committee in 1952. One hundred and fourteen American donors contributed financially to this rescue operation. They bought Czannes studio back and gave it to the Universit dAix-Marseille. The Czannes Studio Museum was inaugurated on 8 July 1954 and in 1969 was given to the City of Aix-en-Provence, which still owns it.

1 October to 31 March 1 April to 30 June and 1 to 30 September 1 July to 31 August

Open 10.00 to 12.00 and 14.00 to 17.00 Tour in English at 16.00 Open 10.00 to 12.00 and 14.00 to 18.00 Tour in English at 17.00 Open 10.00 to 18.00 Tour in English at 17.00

Individuals - booking recommended Tel: 33 (0)4 42 161 161 - www.aixenprovencetourism.com Getting there: bus n 1 from la Rotonde Poste - stop Czanne Groups - booking compulsory Tel: 33 (0)4 42 16 10 08 - sites@aixenprovencetourism.com Coaches: marked parking on avenue Raymond Poincar Closed 1/01, 2/01, 01/05 and 25/12 Sundays in January, February and December Approximate duration of tour 30 min Czannes studio garden: Djeuners sur lherbe Cultural and gastronomic evenings - Booking compulsory Every Thursday from 1 to 29 July 2010, 19.30 Tel: 33 (0)4 42 21 06 53 a te L i e r c z an n e 9 avenue Paul Czanne Tel : 33 (0)4 42 21 06 53 - Fax : 33 (0)4 42 21 90 34 infos@atelier-cezanne.com www.atelier-cezanne.com - www.cezanne-en-provence.com

HERE IS MY STUDIO; NO ONE MAY ENTER BUT ME; BUT AS YOU ARE A FRIEND, WE WILL ENTER TOGETHER