Quarry at Bibémus
by CÉZANNE, Paul, Oil on canvas, 65 x 81 cm
In the 1890s, C�zanne found new subjects east of Aix: the Château Noir and the quarry at Bib�mus, whose reddish-ochre shell limestone had been used for building since Roman times. The strength of the painting comes from its chaotic jumble of rock faces drenched in sunlight.