Why do artists move from place to place? How does their environment affect their art? A new exhibition at the Barnes Foundation seeks to answer these questions through the prism of Paris and Provence. Focusing on the works of the Impressionists and Post-Impressionists, the paintings on view were created in the city of Paris, its suburbs, at semi-industrial sites, and in the coastal regions of Normandy and Brittany. A key aspect of the show is the attention paid to Vincent van Gogh and Paul Cézanne, artists who had deep connections to provincial locations. Paris has energy; the countryside, light. Other artists in the show are Claude Monet, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Édouard Manet, Amedeo Modigliani, Chaïm Soutine, Giorgio de Chirico, and Joan Miró. —Hannah Gross