Poplars

Les Peupliers

Poplars

Paul Cézanne · 1879

Musée d'Orsay

Paris, France

About this painting

Cézanne painted this grove near Pontoise, a motif his friend Camille Pissarro had explored five years earlier, using slanting strokes that let the white ground flicker through as light.

Painting Details

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

65 × 80 cm (25.6 × 31.5 in)

Painted at

Aix-en-Provence, France

Current location

Musée d'Orsay, Paris

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