Aix is all about Cezanne. He was a post-impressionist painter that lived for many years in Aix-en-Provence, France. His statue sits right at la Rotonde in the center of town for all to be seen.
Throughout his time in Provence, Cezanne chose Mont St. Victoire as a motif. It was a motif of untouched nature and constantly changing perception. During my time in Aix, I had the privilege of painting the mountain twice in my art class. We would drive out to the middle of nowhere, onto a kind farmer's property and set up out easels and paints for an afternoon as we strove to paint what we saw. This was definitely one of my most incredible moments of a semester as I sank into Cezanne's footsteps.
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