"I go into the country every day. The motifs are beautiful and I spend my days better here than elsewhere".(Letter from Paul Cézanne to his son, Aix 09/22/1906).

The Jas de Bouffan

The Jas ("sheep barn" in Provencal) property was bought by Cézanne's father in 1859, and holds the memories of Cézanne’s youth and of the family. He decorated some of the rooms and painted many canvases. The Jas was sold in 1899 after the death of his mother, to the Granel-Corsy family, he will never get over it.

Montbriant / Bellevue

In around 1885, his brother-in-law bought the domaine de Montbriant. There Cezanne painted, among other things, the farm and the dovecote of Bellevue acquired by his sister Rose in 1886, and the series of the "Sainte Victoire au Grand Pin".

Bibemus

From November 1895 onward, Cezanne rented a large bastide, working on landscapes and of the motif of the quarries at the time.

The route du Tholonet and Château Noir

On a bend, this small road makes room for a view of the compact mass of the Sainte Victoire mountain, and runs alongside the Chateau Noir.
For a few years, Cezanne rented a room in order to be near the motifs which fascinated him. He continued to come here to paint even after he had settled in the Lauves.
After crossing the Tholonet, the landscape between the Moulin de Cezanne and Saint Antonin becomes grandiose, dominated by the great limestone wall of the perfect and pure mountain.

The Pont des Trois Sautets

In the summer of 1906, Cezanne sought the refreshing airs near the Arc river, where he longed to paint naked models from nature.

The Sainte Victoire as seen from the Lauves

Two kilometres to the north of the studio , near the chemin de la Marguerite, Cézanne set up his easel opposite the Sainte Victoire mountain. From the summit of the colline des Lauves, he painted 11 oil paintings and 17 watercolour paintings, which are now owned by the great museums of the world, and are reproduced on site.