Bibémus Quarry (Carrière de Bibémus)
1895 Barnes Foundation
About this artwork
This oil painting by Paul Cézanne depicts the Bibémus Quarry, a site near Aix-en-Provence that the artist frequented and painted extensively. The work showcases Cézanne's structural approach to landscape, reducing natural forms to geometric solids.
Did you know?
Cézanne was captivated by the Bibémus Quarry, where he rented a small cabin. He saw the quarried rocks as monumental, almost architectural forms, and his time there was crucial for his development towards a more structured and geometric representation of nature, laying groundwork for Cubism. He famously said of nature, "Everything in nature is modeled on the sphere, the cone and the cylinder."
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Bibémus Quarry (Carrière de Bibémus)
Paul Cezanne, 1895
