lestaque melting snow paul cezannePainted in 1870, L'Estaque, Melting Snow belongs to the Impressionist period of Czanne's work. The artist regularly stayed in the village of l'Estaque, near Marseille, where he found the inspiration to create numerous landscape compositions that would have a profound effect on the history of art. The painting depicts a winter landscape where melted snow covers the hills in the village of Estaque. The composition is balanced and harmonious, with