1883	May: CŽzanne stays at L’Estaque and explores the countryside around Marseilles and Aix with Monticelli.
	End of December: Monet and Renoir visit CŽzanne at Aix. He works almost entirely in Provence until 1887.

1884	CŽzanne works in Aix and at L’Estaque.

1885	He spends the first half of the year in Aix.
	Spring: He has a brief and unhappy love affair and asks Zola to keep his correspondence for him.
	15 June: He stays at Renoir’s house at La Roche Guyon.
	August: CŽzanne is in Aix, from where each day he travels to Gardanne, a village about 12km away, returning to the Jas de Bouffan every evening.

1886	CŽzanne is at Gardanne.
	31 March: Following the publication of Zola’s novel L’Oeuvre, CŽzanne breaks with his friend.
	28 April: CŽzanne marries Hortense Fiquet at Aix-en-Provence, thereby making their son legitimate. His parents attend the wedding.
	23 October: CŽzanne’s father dies.
	17 December: Under the terms of their father’s will, CŽzanne and his sisters are left a substantial sum.

1888:	January: Renoir makes a short visit to the Jas de Bouffan.
	Summer(?): According to his son, CŽzanne spent five months in Chantilly.