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Catalogue entry

FWN 703
Le Poêle de l'atelier
c.1865
Alternate titles: Atelier; Intérieur; L'atelier; La Poêle dans l'atelier; Le Poêle; Le Poêle de l'atelier de Cézanne; Stove in the studio; The Stove in the Studio; Un Coin d'atelier; Un coin de l'atelier; Un Coin de l'atelier de Cézanne
Rewald (90): c.1865; Venturi revised: 1866–68; Cézanne fils: 1866; Venturi (64): 1865–68; Machotka et al: c.1865
Oil on canvas
16 1/2 x 11 13/16 in. (42 x 30 cm)
Signed lower right: P. CEZANNE.
National Gallery, London (acquired from the Chester Beatty family under the acceptance-in-lieu procedure) (NG 6509)

Keywords

Provenance
Émile Zola, Médan
Zola Collection, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, Mar. 9–13, 1903, no. 112
Ambroise Vollard, Paris
Auguste Pellerin, Paris
Egisto Fabbri, Florence
Paul Rosenberg, Paris
Madame X, Nantes
L'Art Moderne, Lucerne;
L'Art Moderne Collection, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, June 20, 1935, no. 23, ill.
Alex Reid & Lefèvre, London (June 20, 1935)
Mrs. A. Chester Beatty, London (July 1, 1935);
National Gallery, London (1992)
Exhibition History
1928d New York
Wildenstein Galleries, New York, Paul Cézanne, January 1928, no. 6, as Le Poêle, lent by Rosenberg.
1931a Paris
Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, Cézanne, May 18–29, 1931.
1934c Paris
Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, Ecole de 1830, Ecole impressionniste, Ecole post-impressionniste, May 28–June 1934.
1935b London
Alex Reid & Lefevre, London, Cézanne, July 1935, no. 2, as Un Coin d'atelier.
1936g New York
Bignou Gallery, New York, Paul Cézanne, November–December 1936, no. 3, as Un Coin de l'atelier de Cézanne.
1937a London
Alex Reid & Lefevre, London, Cézanne, June 1937, no. 1, as Un coin de l'atelier, dated1866, lent by Mrs. Chester Beatty.
1939d London
Wildenstein Galleries, London, Homage to Paul Cézanne, July 1939, no. 7, lent by Mrs. Beatty.
2006–07 London
National Gallery, London, Cézanne in Britain, October 4, 2006–January 7, 2007, no. 4, ill., as The Stove in the Studio, c. 1865.
2007 Florence
Palazzo Strozzi, Florence, Italy, Cézanne a Firenze: Due collezionisti e la mostra dell'impressionismo del 1910 [In English:Cézanne in Florence: Two Collectors and the 1910 Exhibition of Impressionism], March 2–July 29, 2007, fig. 1, pp. 94–95, ill., 258, as Le Poêle de l'atelier.
2016–17 Montpellier and traveling
Musée Fabre, Montpelier, France, Frédéric Bazille (1841-1870): la jeunesse de l'impressionnisme, June 25–October 16, 2016, no. 87, ill., as La Poêle dans l'atelier, c. 1865, lent by The National Gallery, London. Traveled to: Musée d'Orsay, Paris, November 15, 2016–March 5, 2017; National Gallery, Washington, D.C., April 9–July 9, 2017.
Published References
Meier-Graefe 1907b
Meier-Graefe, Julius. "Paul Cézanne." Volné směry (Prague) 11 (1907), ill. p. 100.
Denis 1910
Denis, Maurice. "Cézanne I' and 'Cézanne II." Translated by Roger Fry. The Burlington Magazine for Connoisseurs 16, no. 82 and no. 83 (January and Fabruary 1910), ill. p. [277] (no. 83), as L'atelier.
Rivière 1923
Rivière, Georges. Le Maître Paul Cézanne. Paris: Librairie Floury, 1923, p. 197, listed.
Henraux 1924
L.[ucien] H.[enraux]. "Une grande collection de Cézanne en Italie: la collection Egisto Fabbri." L'Amour de l'art 5, no. 11 (November 1924), ill. p. 344, as Atelier.
Gaboriaud 1926
Gaboriaud, L.-A. "Les expositions: Exposition rétrospective Paul Cézanne chez Bernheim jeune." L'Ere nouvelle (Paris), June 12, 1926, p. 3, as Intérieur, clearly described as no. 36 in Bernheim-Jeune expo, although Dauberville, 2020 says the work shown was FWN 601.
Dormoy 1926a
Dormoy, Marie, translated by Margarete Mauthner. "Die Cézanne - Ausstellung bei Bernheim-Jeune." Kunst und Künstler 24, no. 11 (1926), p. 447.
Raynal 1936
Raynal, Maurice. Cézanne. Paris: Editions de Cluny, 1936, pl. LXXXII p. 115.
Venturi 1936b
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 64, ill. vol. II, as La Poêle dans l'atelier.
Rewald 1936e
Rewald, John. Cézanne et Zola. Paris: Editions A. Sedrowski, 1936, fig. 16.
Novotny 1937
Novotny, Fritz. Cézanne. Vienna: Phaidon, 1937, pl. 5.
Cogniat 1939a
Cogniat, Raymond. Cézanne. Paris: Pierre Tisné, 1939, pl. 12.
Rewald 1939c
Rewald, John. Cézanne, sa vie, son œuvre, son amitié pour Zola. Paris: Albin Michel, 1939, fig. 19.
Novotny 1947
Novotny, Fritz. Cézanne. London: Phaidon Press, 1947, pl. 5, as Le Poêle de l'atelier, 1865-68.
Dorival 1948
Dorival, Bernard. Cézanne. Paris: Pierre Tisné, 1948, pl. V, listed p. 176.
Jedlicka 1948
Jedlicka, Gotthard. Cézanne. Berne: Alfred Scherz Verlag, 1948, fig. 2, as Le Poêle de l'atelier.
Rewald 1948b
Rewald, John. Paul Cézanne: A Biography. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1948, fig. 27.
Guerry 1950
Guerry, Liliane. Cézanne et l'expression de l'espace. Paris: Flammarion, 1950, pl. 8.
Rewald 1950a
Rewald, John. Cézanne. London: Phoenix House, 1950, fig. 15.
Adhémar 1952
Adhémar, Jean. Emile Zola. Paris: Bibliothèque Nationale, 1952. Exhibition catalogue, no. 345, as Le Poêle de l'atelier de Cézanne, photograph shown in the exhibition.
Émile Zola 1952
Émile Zola. Paris: Bibliothèque Nationale, 1952. Exhibition catalogue, no. 345 (a photograph of this picture was shown).
Beucken 1955
Beucken, Jean de. Un portrait de Cézanne. Paris: Gallimard, [1955], p. 294.
Adhémar 1960
Adhémar, Jean. "Le cabinet de travail de Zola." Gazette des beaux-arts, vol. 56, periode 6 (November 1960), pp. 293 et 294 (no. 127bis).
Guerry 1966
Guerry, Liliane. Cézanne et l'expression de l'espace. Paris: Albin-Michel, 1966, pl. 8.
Ikegami 1969
Ikegami, Chuji. Cézanne. Tokyo: Shueisha, 1969, fig. 6.
Schapiro 1973
Schapiro, Meyer. Paul Cézanne. Translated by Louis-Marie Ollivier. Paris: Nouvelles Editions Françaises, 1973, p. 56, ill.
Elgar 1975
Elgar, Frank. Cézanne. New York: Praeger, 1975, fig. 12.
Venturi 1978
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne. Geneva: Skira, 1978, p. 11, ill.
Lévêque 1988
Lévêque, Jean Jacques. La Vie et l'oeuvre de Paul Cézanne. Courbevoie: ACR, 1988, p. 215, ill. in color.
Düchting 1989
Düchting, Hajo. Paul Cézanne: Natur wird Kunst. Cologne: Benedict Taschen Verlag, 1989, p. 30, ill.
Burlington 1992
"Calendar: London." The Burlington Magazine 134, no. 1072 (July 1992), p. 468, fig. 5, as The Stove in the Studio.
Burlington 1993
"Recent Acquisitions of Nineteenth-Century Paintings at the National Gallery, London." The Burlington Magazine 135, no. 1080 (March 1993), p. 247, fig. VII, as Stove in the studio.
Baker and Henry 1995
Baker, Christopher, and Tom Henry. The National Gallery: Complete Illustrated Catalogue. London: National Gallery Publications, 1995, p. 107, ill., as The Stove in the Studio, probably 1965-70.
Kitschen 1995
Kitschen, Friederike. Cézanne: Stilleben. Ostfildern-Ruit: Verlag Gerd Hatje, 1995, fig. 5.
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. 90, ill. vol. 2, as Le Poêle de l'atelier.
Boehm 1998
Boehm, Gottfried. "Die Sprache der Dinge. Cézannes Stilleben." In Cézanne—Picasso—Braque. Der Beginn des kubistischen Stillebens. Ostfildern-Ruit: Hatje Cantz, 1998. Exhibition catalogue, fig. 3.
Lewis 2002
Lewis, Mary Tompkins. "The Path to Les Lauves: A History of Cézanne's Studios." In Atelier Cézanne, 1902–2002: Le centenaire. Aix-en-Provence: Société Paul Cézanne, 2002, fig. 2, ill. in color.
Bardazzi 2007b
Bardazzi, Francesca, ed. Cézanne in Florence: Two Collectors and the 1910 Exhibition of Impressionism. Translated by John Venerella. Milan: Mondadori Electa, 2007. Exhibition catalogue, p. 258, fig. 1.
Reissner 2008
Reissner, Elisabeth. "Ways of Making: Practice and Innovation in Cézanne's Paintings in the National Gallery." National Gallery Technical Bulletin vol. 29 (2008), p. 4, pl. 1.
Leca 2011
Leca, Benedict. "Le Monde est une pomme: nature mortes et portraits parisiens de Cézanne." In Cézanne et Paris. Paris: Éditions de la Rmn-Grand Palais, 2011. Exhibition catalogue, p. 114, fig. 51, as Le Poêle de l'atelier, dated circa 1865.
Athanassoglou-Kallmyer 2014
Athanassoglou-Kallmyer, Nina M. "Cézanne in the Studio." In The World Is an Apple: The Still Lifes of Paul Cézanne. Hamilton, Ontario: Art Gallery of Hamilton, 2014. Exhibition catalogue, p. 201, fig. 4, as The Stove in the Studio.
Callen 2015
Callen, Anthea. The Work of Art: Plein-air Painting and Artistic Identiy in the Nineteenth-century France. London: Reaktion Books Ltd, 2015, pp. 75, 147-8, fig. 115 p. 149, as The Stove in the Studio, c. 1865.
Lobstein 2017a
Lobstein, Dominique. "Biographie." In Paul Cezanne, Le chant de la terre. Martigny: Fondation Pierre Gianadda, 2017. Exhibition catalogue, p. 351, ill.
Dauberville 2020
Dauberville, Guy-Patrice, and Floriane Dauberville. Paul Cezanne chez Bernheim-Jeune. Paris: Editions G-P.F. Dauberville & Archives Bernheim-Jeune, 2020, no. 57, ill., as Le Poêle.
Notes

The painting was executed in Cézanne's studio at 22, rue Beautreillis in Paris.

Record last updated October 28, 2023. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Le Poêle de l'atelier, c.1865 (FWN 703)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=103 (accessed on April 18, 2024).