The great Neo-Impressionist painter Paul Cezanne spent most of his life working in the the beautiful surroundings of Aix-en-Provence, where he was born in 1839. Today, the Jas de Bouffan, the Bibemus quarry, the Chateau-Noir, the Mont Sainte-Victoire, and the Estaque are all famous as the titular motifs of the master s most triumphant works. That Cezanne painted Provence s iconic settings so many times suggests that these paintings are more than mere sceneries; they encapsulate Cezanne s belief that the essence of nature is first and foremost revealed by color. Only rarely has a work been so perfectly linked with a landscape; Cezanne in Provence uncovers this connection, and how it gave birth to a new pictorial style.