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The Great Pine \u2013 the tree that holds the whole canvas<\/h2>\n

The Great Pine is one of the most freely painted of C\u00e9zanne\u2019s trees: a solitary Proven\u00e7al pine stands at the centre of the canvas, its branches spread across almost the entire width of the scene. The canvas is held by the S\u00e3o Paulo Museum of Art (MASP) in Brazil. Our hand-painted reproduction on canvas brings this airy subject into your home, painted in oil on canvas in blues, greens and ochres.<\/p>\n

A tree instead of a mountain<\/h3>\n

C\u00e9zanne painted the same landscape around Aix-en-Provence for decades, most often with Mont Sainte-Victoire in the background. Here he left the mountain out and hung the whole scene on a single tree. The trunk divides the canvas vertically, while the crown opens into a horizontal mesh of branches through which the sky shows \u2013 the composition therefore stands on a cross of two directions rather than on perspective.<\/p>\n

A stroke that stays visible<\/h3>\n

The sky is not smooth: it is made of short, slanting strokes running in several directions, which give a sense of wind. C\u00e9zanne did not smooth his colour into an even surface but left it as a run of recognisable strokes \u2013 and it was this method that younger painters read as permission for a painting to admit what it is made of. The original is painted in oil on canvas, measures roughly 85.5 \u00d7 92.5 cm and by the museum\u2019s record was made between 1890 and 1896.<\/p>\n

A tree that fills a room<\/h3>\n

In the photographs above you can see our hand-painted reproduction of this painting. A sky of short strokes running in opposite directions is exactly what print cannot do \u2013 so we paint by hand, in oil on canvas. Ten sizes, or your own measurements on request. The almost square format does well above a chest of drawers or in a corner with pale wood. Check the frame with our 3D preview. Among our hand-painted oil reproductions<\/strong> you will find C\u00e9zanne\u2019s other landscapes with trees: Mont Sainte-Victoire<\/a>, Bend in Forest Road<\/a> and Woods with Millstone<\/a>.<\/p>\n