Houses on the Hill — Fine Art

Houses on the Hill by Paul Cézanne places a row of homes on a slope, built from short separate strokes and steady blocks of colour. The hillside rises behind the buildings and the air feels still.

From across the room the houses read as solid forms. Up close the paint breaks into small patches that hold the edge of each roof.

A fine art print set in a frame with a back panel sits on the wall. The matte surface keeps the tones soft and the frame gives the image a finished edge. On a hallway wall near the stairs you notice the pale roofs first, then the darker tree line behind them.