The Chateau de Medan

Paul Cezanne

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The Chateau de Medan
Château de Médan
Paul Cezanne
Date: c.1880
Style: Post-Impressionism
Period: Mature period
Genre: landscape
Media: oil, canvas
Dimensions: 72.4 x 59.1 cm
Location: Burrell Collection, Glasgow, UK


Cázanne used his visits to Zola's summer house in Médan to paint in the open air in the surrounding area, including Auvers, Pontoise, and Bennecourt.


Médan is a village in the Yvelines department, Île-de-France region, in the northwestern suburbs of Paris, France, about 25 km from the capital. Inhabitants of Médan are called Médanais.


The castle of Médan was built in the late fifteenth century. During the Renaissance, the castle was frequented by Ronsard and the poets of the Pléiade (Du Bellay, Baïf ...) who came to hunt and write poems. Paul Cézanne painted it three times from 1879 to 1881.