Cézanne paintings invoked to counter real estate project

In Aix-en-Provence, associations are fighting against a proposed new neighborhood by appealing to Paul Cézanne. It was on this site, facing the Sainte-Victoire mountain, that the painter created his finest masterpieces. Aix-en-Provence (Bouches-du-Rhône), report Amidst the pines and olive trees, the scent of thyme and rosemary wafts from the vegetation. Under a gloomy sky, the first buds appear on the shrubs, and the rocky ground is dotted with …