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The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne
An Online Catalogue Raisonné under the Direction of Société Paul Cezanne
(Formerly directed by Walter Feilchenfeldt, Jayne Warman and David Nash)
Catalogue entry
FWN 227
Maison devant la Sainte-Victoire près de Gardanne
1886–90
Alternate titles: Haus am Berg; Haus am Mont Sainte-Victoire; House in Provence; La Maison en Provence; La Montagne Sainte-Victoire; La Sainte-Victoire, Beaurecueil; Maison devant la Sainte-Victoire, vue de La Barque; Maison en Provence; Maisons en Provence; Paysage près de Gardanne; Sainte-Victoire; The Mountain; The Mountain, Sainte Victoire
Rewald (573): 1886–90; Venturi revised: 1885–86; Venturi (433): 1885–86; Rivière: 1886; Cooper: 1885–86
Oil on canvas
25 13/16 x 32 in. (65.5 x 81.3 cm)
Vollard A stockbook: no. 3879, huile; 1r plan vert avec une route une maison avec toit rouge plus loin de montagne bleue, 64 x 80 cm (150 frs)
Vollard X stockbook: no. 5155, paysage
Provenance
Ambroise Vollard, Paris
Henry Bernstein, Paris (Dec. 9, 1909);
Bernstein Collection, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, June 8, 1911, no. 9, ill.
Ambroise Vollard, Paris
Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris (June 30 1911)
Auguste Pellerin, Paris (June 30, 1911)
Paul Cassirer, Berlin
Gottlieb Friedrich Reber, Lausanne
Marie Harriman Gallery, New York
Indianapolis Museum of Art (1945)
Exhibition History
1906b Paris
Salon d'Automne, Grand Palais, Paris, 4e exposition, October 6–November 15, 1906, no. 317, as Maison en Provence, tentative identification, lent by Vollard.1910a Paris
Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, Paul Cézanne, January 10–22, 1910, no. 8, as La Maison en Provence, lent by H. Bernstein.1926 Dresden
Dresden, Germany, Internationale Kunstausstellung, May–September 30, 1926, no. 79.1927c Berlin
Galerie Thannhauser, Vereinshaus der Berliner Künstler, Berlin, Erste Sonderausstellung in Berlin, January 9–mid-February, 1927, no. 28, as Haus am Berg, tentative identification.1927 Hamburg
Kunstverein, Alte Kunsthalle, Hamburg, Germany, Europäische Kunst der Gegenwart, Zentenarausstellung des Kunstvereins, July 31–October 2, 1927, no. 174, as Haus am Berg, lent by Reber, Lugano.1927 Frankfurt am Main
Kunstverein, Frankfurt, Germany, Ausstellung Französischer Meister des XIX Jahrhunderts aus Frankfurter Privatbesitz ergänzt durch sechs Gemälde von Cézanne als Leihgabe der Sammlung G.F. Reber, Lugano, October 16–November 16, 1927, no. 3, as Haus am Berg.1936d New York
Marie Harriman Gallery, New York, Cézanne, Derain and Others, February 17–March 14, 1936, no. 1, as House in Provence.1936 Cleveland
The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Twentieth Anniversary Exhibition, June 26–October 4, 1936, no. 257.1936 Toledo
Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, Ohio, Cézanne and Gauguin, November 1–December 13, 1936, no. 19, ill., as House in Provence, lent by Marie Harriman Gallery.1937a New York
Marie Harriman Gallery, New York, French Painting, January 1937, no. 2.1937 San Francisco
San Francisco Museum of Art, San Francisco, Paul Cézanne: Exhibition of Paintings, Water-colors, Drawings and Prints, September 1–October 4, 1937, no. 19, ill. lent by Harriman Gallery.1938 Cambridge, Mass.
Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1938.1939 Toledo
Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, Ohio, 1939.1939h New York
Marie Harriman Gallery, New York, Cézanne: Centennial Exhibition, November 7–December 2, 1939, no. 9, (dated 1885–86), as La Maison en Provence.1939–40a San Francisco
California Palace of the Legion of Honor and de Young Museum, San Francisco, Seven Centuries of Painting, December 29, 1939–January 28, 1940, no. 1061, ill.1941 Columbus
Columbus Gallery of Fine Arts, Columbus, Ohio, Tenth Anniversary Exhibition, January 14–February 18, 1941, no. 10, ill.1941 Worcester
Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, Massachusetts, The Art of the Third Republic: French Painting, 1870–1940, February 22–March 16, 1941, no. 7, ill., as La Sainte-Victoire, Beaurecueil, 1885-86, lent by Marie Harriman Gallery, New York.1995–96 Paris and traveling
Grand Palais, Paris, Cézanne, September 26, 1995–January 14, 1996, no. 116, ill. shown in Philadelphia only. Traveled to: Tate Gallery, London, February 8–April 28, 1996; Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, May 26–September 1, 1996.2006 Washington, D.C. and traveling
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., Cézanne in Provence, January 29–May 7, 2006, no. 55, ill. shown in Washington only. Traveled to: Musée Granet, Aix-en-Provence, France, June 9–September 17, 2006.2014a Madrid
Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid, Cézanne: site / non-site, February 4–May 18, 2014, no. 54, ill.Published References
Faure 1911
Faure, Élie. "Paul Cézanne." L'Art décoratif 13, no. 157 (October 5, 1911), p. 124, ill.Tugendhold 1911
Tugendhold, Yakov. "Landscape in French Painting." Apollon, no. 7 (1911), ill. between pp. 16 and 17.Bell 1913
Bell, Clive. Art. New York: Frederick A. Stokes, 1913, pl. 47.Borgmeyer 1913
Borgmeyer, Charles Louis. The Master Impressionists. Chicago: The Fine Arts Press, 1913, p. 270, ill., as The Mountain, Sainte Victoire, Collection Vollard.Vollard 1914
Vollard, Ambroise. Paul Cézanne. Paris: Vollard, 1914, pl. 47.Wright 1916a
Wright, Willard Huntington. "Paul Cézanne, The Misanthropic Don Quixote of Modern Art." Current Opinion 60 (February 1916), p. 124, ill. "Courtesy Washington Square Gallery".Stuart 1917
Stuart, Evelyn Marie. "Cézanne and His Place in Impressionism." Fine Arts Journal 35, no. 5 (May 1917), p. 327, ill., as The Mountain, "Collection Vollard".Arbiter 1918
Arbiter, Petronius. "A Degenerate Work of Art: 'The Bathers' by Cézanne." The Art World 3, no. 4 (January 1918), p. 331, ill.Shirakaba 1918
Shirakaba 9, no. 3 (March 1918), ill. p. 33, page illustrated in Schoneveld, 2019, p. 46, fig. 38.Meier-Graefe 1918a
Meier-Graefe, Julius. Cézanne und sein Kreis: ein Beitrag zur Entwicklungsgeschichte: mit 127 Tonätzungen und fünfzehn Heliogravüren. Munich: R. Piper, 1918, ill. opposite p. 168.Vauvrecy and Cezanne 1920
Vauvrecy; Paul Cézanne. "Vie de Cézanne'';''Lettres de Cézanne." L'Esprit nouveau: revue internationale d'esthétique, no. 2 (1920), ill. p. 138.Meier-Graefe 1922
Meier-Graefe, Julius. Cézanne und sein Kreis: ein Beitrag zur Entwicklungsgeschichte: mit 171 Tonätzungen und einem Lichtdruck. Munich: R. Piper, 1922, ill. p. 205.Rivière 1923
Rivière, Georges. Le Maître Paul Cézanne. Paris: Librairie Floury, 1923, p. 214, listed (as Route de Trets, aux environs d'Aix . . . ).Bernard 1925
Bernard, Emile. Souvenirs sur Paul Cézanne: une conversation avec Cézanne: la méthode de Cézanne. Paris: R.G. Michel, 1925, ill. opposite p. 4.Ruckstull 1925
Ruckstull, Fred Wellington. Great Works of Art and What Makes Them Great. New York: Garden City Publishing Co., 1925, figs. 17 and 117.Venturi 1926
Venturi, Lionello. Il Gusto dei primitivi. Bologna: Zanichelli, 1926, pl. 88.Bernard 1926a
Bernard, Émile. Souvenirs sur Paul Cézanne, Une Conversation avec Cézanne. Paris: R.G. Michel, 1926, ill. opp. p. 108.Mather 1927
Mather, Frank Jewett, Jr. Modern Painting. Garden City, NY: Garden City Publishing Co., 1927, p. 341, ill.Pfister 1927
Pfister, Kurt. Cézanne: Gestalt, Werk, Mythos. Potsdam: Gustav Kiepenheuer Verlag, 1927, fig. 85, as Haus am Mont Sainte-Victoire, c. 1885 (Photo: Thannhauser).Schürer 1927
Schürer, Oskar. "Internationale Kunstausstellung Dresden, III." Deutsche Kunst und Dekoration 59 (October 1926-March 1927), p. 272.Meier-Graefe 1927a
Meier-Graefe, Julius. Cézanne. translated by J. Holroyd-Reece. London: Ernest Benn, 1927, pl. LXX.Loran 1930
Johnson, Erle Loran. "Cézanne's Country." The Arts 16, no. 8 (April 1930), p. 543.Rivière 1933
Rivière, Georges. Cézanne: Le Peintre solitaire. Paris: Librairie Floury, 1933, p. 105, ill.Jamot 1934
Jamot, Paul. La Peinture en France. Paris: Plon, 1934, p. 217, ill.Mather 1935
Mather, Frank Jewett, Jr. Concerning Beauty. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1935, pl. hors texte, p. 201.Vauxcelles 1936
Vauxcelles, Louis. "Cézanne au Musée de l'Orangerie." Le Monde illustré (Paris) (May 9, 1936), ill. p. 300, as Aquarelle [sic].Venturi 1936b
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 433, ill. vol. II, as La Sainte-Victoire, Beaurecueil.Rewald 1936e
Rewald, John. Cézanne et Zola. Paris: Editions A. Sedrowski, 1936, fig. 56.Loran 1937
Loran, Erle. "San Fransisco's First Cézanne Show." Magazine of Art 30, no. 10 (October 1937), p. 635, ill.Novotny 1937
Novotny, Fritz. Cézanne. Vienna: Phaidon, 1937, pl. 51.Rewald 1937a
Rewald, John. "A propos du catalogue raisonné de l'œuvre de Paul Cézanne et de la chronologie de cette œuvre." La Renaissance (Paris), vol. 20, nos. 3-4 (March–April 1937), p. 54, as ...paysage de Gardanne ...Rewald 1937b
Rewald, John. "Un épisode inconnu de la vie de Cézanne." Paris. Marianne: grand hebdomadaire littéraire illustré (October 20, 1937), p. 8, ill., as Paysage près de Gardanne, 1885-86.Novotny 1938
Novotny, Fritz. Cézanne und das Ende der wissenschaftlichen Perspektive. Vienna: Anton Schroll, 1938, fig. 7.Cogniat 1939a
Cogniat, Raymond. Cézanne. Paris: Pierre Tisné, 1939, pl. 60.Pickens 1940
Pickens, Buford L. "H.H. Richardson and Basic Form Concepts in Modern." Art Quarterly 3 (Summer 1940), pp. 277–78, ill. p. 275.Hautecoeur 1942
Hautecoeur, Louis. Littérature et peinture en France du XVIIe au XXe siècle. Paris: A. Colin, 1942, pl. XL, as La Montagne Sainte-Victoire.Rivière 1942
Rivière, Georges. Cézanne: Le Peintre solitaire. Paris: Librairie Floury, 1942, p. 113, ill.Rewald 1944
Rewald, John. "As Cézanne Recreated Nature." Art News 43, no. 1 (February 15, 1944), p. 13, ill. (with photograph of motif).Art Digest 1945
"Cézanne for Indianapolis." Art Digest 19, no. 20 (September 15, 1945), p. 16, ill.Hope 1945
Hope, H. "House in Provence by Paul Cézanne." Bulletin of The Art Association of Indianapolis (October 1945), pp. 23–24, ill. on cover.Schildt 1946
Schildt, Göran. Cézanne. Stockholm: Wahlström & Widstrand, 1946, fig. 6.Novotny 1947
Novotny, Fritz. Cézanne. London: Phaidon Press, 1947, col. pl. 49, as La Montagne Sainte-Victoire, 1885-86.Vaudoyer 1947
Vaudoyer, Jean-Louis. Les Peintres provençaux de Nicolas Froment à Paul Cezanné. Paris: La Jeune Parque, 1947, p. 87, ill.Carpenter 1951
Carpenter, James. "Cézanne and Tradition." The Art Bulletin 33, no. 3 (September 1951), p. 178, fig. 5.Schapiro 1952a
Schapiro, Meyer. Cézanne. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1952, pp. 70–71, ill.Beucken 1955
Beucken, Jean de. Un portrait de Cézanne. Paris: Gallimard, [1955], pp. 209-10.Roger-Marx 1956
Roger-Marx, Claude. Les Impressionnistes. Paris: Hachette, 1956, p. 81, as Sainte-Victoire.Beucken 1962
Beucken, Jean de. Cézanne. New York: Viking Press, 1962, p. 81, ill.Leonhard 1966
Leonhard, Kurt. Paul Cézanne in Selbstzeugnissen und Bilddokumenten. Rheinbek bei Hamburg: Rowohlt, 1966, p. 134, ill.Schapiro 1973
Schapiro, Meyer. Paul Cézanne. Translated by Louis-Marie Ollivier. Paris: Nouvelles Editions Françaises, 1973, pl. 17 (with comments).Wadley 1975
Wadley, Nicholas. Cézanne and His Art. London: Hamlyn, 1975, pl. 38.Rewald 1989
Rewald, John. Cézanne and America: Dealers, Collectors, Artists and Critics, 1891–1921. Princeton: Princeton University Press; London: Thames & Hudson, 1989, p. 229, fig. 115.Wadley 1989
Wadley, Nicholas. Cézanne and His Art. London: Hamlyn, 1989, p. 43, ill. in b/w.Hoog 1990
Hoog, Michel. "L'Oeuvre." In Sainte-Victoire Cézanne. Aix-en-Provence: Musée Granet, 1990, p. 198, fig. 176.Coutagne et al. 1996
Coutagne, Denis, et al. Les Sites Cézanniens du Pays d'Aix: Hommage à John Rewald. Paris: Réunion des musées nationaux, 1996, p. 121.Machotka 1996
Machotka, Pavel. Cézanne: Landscape into Art. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1996, p. 127, fig. 108, with photographs of the motif, figs. 106 and 107, as Maison devant la Sainte-Victoire près de Gardanne, dated c. 1886.Rewald 1996
Rewald, John. The Paintings of Paul Cézanne, A Catalogue Raisonné, 2 vols. In Collaboration with Walter Feilchenfeldt and Jayne Warman. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1996, no. 573, ill. vol. 2, as Maison devant la Sainte-Victoire près de Gardanne.Kropmanns and Fleckner 2001
Kropmanns, Peter, and Uwe Fleckner. "Von kontinentaler Bedeutung: Gottlieb Friedrich Reber und seine Sammlungen." In Die Moderne und ihre Sammler: französische Kunst in deutschem Privatbesitz vom Kaiserreich zur Weimarer Republik, edited by Andrea Pophanken and Felix Billeter. Berlin: Akademie Verlag, 2001, listed p. 387.Athanassoglou-Kallmyer 2003
Athanassoglou-Kallmyer, Nina M. Cézanne and Provence: The Painter in His Culture. Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press, 2003, p. 133, fig. 3.34, as Maison devant la Sainte-Victoire près de Gardanne.Schmidt 2004a
Schmidt, Bertram. Cézannes Lehre. Kiel: Ludwig, 2004, fig. 61.Société Paul Cézanne 2005
Société Paul Cézanne. P. Cézanne: Les sites provençaux. Edited by Pavel Machotka. Marseille: Editions Crès, 2005, p. 63, ill. with photos of motif (c. 1935 and 1998), p. 62, as Maison devant la Sainte-Victoire près de Gardanne.Novotny 2011
Novotny, Fritz. Paul Cézanne: Gesammelte Schriften zu seinem Werk und Materialien aus dem Nachlaß. Introduction by Gabriel Ramin Schor (editor), Agnes Blaha (assistance). Vienna: Klever, 2011, fig. 7.Smith 2013
Smith, Paul. "Cézanne's 'Primitive' Perspective, or the 'View from Everywhere.'" The Art Bulletin 95, no. 1 (March 2013), fig. 7.Dauberville 2020
Dauberville, Guy-Patrice, and Floriane Dauberville. Paul Cezanne chez Bernheim-Jeune. Paris: Editions G-P.F. Dauberville & Archives Bernheim-Jeune, 2020, no. 116, ill., as Maisons en Provence, installation photograph from 1910 exhibition, p. 83, ill.Clark 2022
Clark, T.J. If These Apples Should Fall, Cézanne and the Present. London and New York: Thames & Hudson, 2022, pls. 94, 97 (detail).
Motif for no. 227.
John Rewald Archive, Department of Image Collections, National Gallery of Art Library, Washington, D.C.
Photo: John Rewald, circa 1935; © Sabine Rewald
House in Le Quartier des Fabriques, Sainte-Victoire seen from "La Barque"
Site identified by Denis Coutagne.
Photo: Pavel Machotka; © Courtesy Pavel Machotka Archive
Record last updated July 5, 2022. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Maison devant la Sainte-Victoire près de Gardanne, 1886–90 (FWN 227)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=560 (accessed on April 19, 2024).
