“I shall astonish Paris with apples,” Paul Cézanne said defiantly in 1895, at 56, on the eve of his first and long-overdue solo exhibition there. Unlike the dreamy, colorful Impressionists whose work was the talk of the capital, Cézanne’s experimental painting had trouble finding a sweet spot with the public, critics, and collectors. This summer, his apples—and mountains and bathers and portraits of the solid citizens of Aix-en-Provence, his sunny, beloved birthplace—are the locus of a cornucopia of exhibitions and events that should astonish us, even if we think we know Cézanne well. The centerpieces are the opening of his restored family home, the Bastide du Jas de Bouffan (it includes a once hidden mural), and a landmark exhibition that re-unites the works he made there, “Cezanne at Jas de Bouffan,” at the Musée Granet—the first day for both is June 28. Other events include an exhibition focusing on Cézanne’s Aixois circle, now on view at the Musée du Vieil Aix; and a recapitulation of previous Cézanne exhibitions, opening June 19 at the historic Pavillon de Vendôme. Also on June 28, the artist’s atelier at Les Lauves reopens. Here, overlooking the city, he painted his last great works. —Patricia Zohn