The Pigeon Tower at Bellevue, 1890. Cézanne was among the first artists to break with Impressionism and replace its interest in atmospheric effects with a new emphasis on geometric structure. Between 1888 and 1892, he painted two views of the pigeon tower at his brother-in-law's house in Bellevue, a small town in southern France. To make the tower the focal point of the composition, Cézanne exaggerated its cylindrical shape, extending it upward and to the left.

---

Size: 14104px × 11338px
Photo credit: © Heritage Art/Heritage Images / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: 1800s, 1839-1906, 19th, art, bellevue, century, cezanne, cleveland, fabric, france, french, heritage, impressionism, impressionist, museum, oil, painting, paul, pigeon, post, post-impressionism, tower, ézanne