🚂 What happens when progress meets poetry?

In 1867, young Cézanne stood before a railway cutting in his beloved Provence, watching modernity carve through ancient earth. Where others saw industrial disruption, he found raw beauty in the reddish soil and geometric forms.

This is one of his earliest depictions near Mont Sainte-Victoire - a landscape that would obsess him for decades. The thick, bold brushstrokes reveal an artist still finding his voice, yet already seeing structure in nature that would revolutionize art forever.

Sometimes the most beautiful art comes from unexpected places. Like Cézanne, we can find poetry in the everyday intersections of old and new.