The Glade
林間の空地
Paul Cézanne · c. 1867 · Oil
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The Glade, an early landscape painted by Paul Cezanne around 1867, shows an open clearing among dense trees. Characterized by thick palette-knife paint, it is held by the Morohashi Museum of Modern Art in Fukushima.
- Artist
- Paul Cézanne
- Date
- c. 1867
- Medium / format
- Oil
About this work
The Glade (Rinkan no Akichi) is a painting made around 1867 by the French painter Paul Cezanne. The Morohashi Museum of Modern Art's list of Western modern paintings gives the date as 1867. Cezanne's online catalogue raisonné also lists it as La Clairière (the glade), along with its present location.
The picture shows deep green and yellowish trees growing thickly, with a grassy patch in the foreground lying in dark shadow. According to the museum, thick paint applied with a palette knife is used in places, and black is used for the dense trees.
The museum explains that works of the 1860s very often use black, and that this period is also called Cezanne's "Romantic period." Features of Impressionism such as bright color appear in his work only from the 1870s.
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Frequently asked questions
- Who painted The Glade, and when?
- The Glade is by Paul Cézanne, made in c. 1867. Medium: Oil.
- Where can I see The Glade?
- It is held by Morohashi Museum of Modern Art. Exhibitions change, so check each museum's information before you visit.
Sources and references
- Morohashi Museum of Modern Art (in Japanese) (opens in a new tab) (checked 2026-11-06)
- Paul Cezanne Online Catalogue Raisonné FWN 41 La Clairière (opens in a new tab) (checked 2026-11-06)
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