The Domaine Saint-Joseph : an exhibition of the paintings by François Aubrun

OPEN FROM MAY 23 TO SEPTEMBER 28, 2025, FROM THURSDAY TO SUNDAY.
TIME-SLOTS TO CHOOSE WHILE BOOKING (ONE ACCESS EACH 30MN).

The Domaine Saint-Joseph was originally established by the Jesuits as a sanctuary for reflection and contemplation, in the hills of Le Tholonet, facing the Mont Sainte-Victoire.

World-famous thanks to Cezanne's painting (View of the Domaine Saint-Joseph, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York), this fifty-acre estate remains one of the region's hidden treasures.

This summer, exceptionally, it opens its doors to the public to host a retrospective of the painter François Aubrun, who occupied the premises between 1963 and 2009, and produced most of his work here – over a thousand paintings, drawings and watercolours.

Regularly exhibited in France, Europe and North America, this unique body of work, on the borderline between Impressionism and Abstraction, is to be discovered for the first time in the artist's private world, amidst the landscapes that inspired him for over fifty years.

Strolling among the panoramas and majestic remains of the estate (notably the former chapel where Aubrun had set up his studio), we discover the different stages of an intense, sensitive work by one of the last great naturalist painters of the late 20th and the early 21st centuries..

PRACTICAL INFORMATION :

• Time-slot to choose while booking (one access each 30mn).
• Opening of the site : from May 23 to August 31, from Thursday to Sunday, from 3:00 pm to 8:00 pm (last access at 6:30 pm). From September 1 to 28,  from 2:00 pm to 7:00 pm (last access at 5:30 pm).
• Duration : about 1:30 hrs
• Parking : At the 2161 route de Cezanne (before the hotel Les Lodges Sainte-Victoire, arriving from Aix), turn left. The parking will be then on your right.
• Self guided trail with 3 steps. A booklet in English/French will be handed to you at the beginning of the trail.
• Estimated walk time : about 45mn. Adapted shoes recommended.
• No toilets / restauration on site.
• Disabled persons ; please contact the site before, to plan your visit : +33 7 88 34 38 03.

RATES :

• Full Rate : 9 €
• Reduced Rate : 6 €  (students under 26 ; teachers & students at art school, Pass Education card holders, members ICOM / ICOMOS
• Free for under 5 yo, press, disabled persons

INCLUS DANS LA PRESTATION :

• Walk along the trail in Domaine Saint-Joseph
• Discover of Chapelle Saint-Joseph