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© Image courtesy of the Board of Trustees, National Gallery of Art, Washington
FWN 402
Louis-Auguste Cezanne, père de l'artiste, lisant L'Événement
1866 autumn
Alternate titles: Bauer, Zeitung lesend; Der Leser (Bildnis des Vaters); Der Vater des Künstlers; Der Vater des Künstlers, 'L'Evènement' lesend; Father of the Artist; Homme assis, lisant; Le père de Cézanne dans le fauteuil; Le père de l'artiste; Le père de l'artiste lisant; Père de l'Artiste; Portrait de Cézanne père lisant 'L'Evénement'; Portrait de Louis-Auguste Cézanne, Père de l'artiste; Portrait de M. L. A...; Portrait de son père; Portrait du père de Cézanne; Portrait du père de l'artiste; Portrait of the artist's father; Portrait of the Artist's Father Reading "L'Evénement"; The Artist's Father; The Artist's Father, Reading "L'Événement"; The Newspaper Reader
Rewald (101): 1866 autumn; Venturi revised: 1866–67; Venturi (91): 1868–70; Rivière: 1868; Cooper: 1866 (Burlington) and 1864–65 (L'Oeil); Gowing: c 1866; Ratcliffe: 1866
Oil on canvas
78 11/16 x 47 3/16 in. (200 x 120 cm)
Vollard B stockbook: no. 4452, Grand portrait d'homme (20000/40000 frs)
Vollard archives: photo no. 96
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. (Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon)

Keywords

Provenance
Estate of Paul Cezanne
Ambroise Vollard, Paris
Auguste Pellerin, Paris;
M. et Mme René Lecomte, Paris;
Mme Louis de Chaisemartin, Neuilly
[Hector Brame, Paris]
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. (1970)
Exhibition History
1882 Paris
Société des Artistes français, Palais des Champs-Elysées, Paris, Salon de 1882, 99e exposition, May 1, 1882, no. 520, as Portrait de M. L. A...
1909b Berlin
Paul Cassirer, Berlin, XII. Jahrgang, III. Ausstellung, November 17–December 12, 1909, no. 12, as Bauer, Zeitung lesend, lent by Vollard.
1910d Paris
Galerie Vollard, Paris, Figures de Cézanne, June 27–July 23, 1910, no. 20, as Portrait du père de Cézanne, tentative identification.
1936c Paris
Musée de l'Orangerie, Paris, Cézanne, May 20–October 11, 1936, no. 3, as Portrait du père de l'artiste, lent byM/M Lecomte; shown for the first time.
1954 Paris
Orangerie, Paris, Hommage à Cézanne, July 2–October 17, 1954, no. 8, pl. IV, lent by private collection, Paris.
1986 Washington, D.C.
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., Gifts to the Nation: Selected Acquisitions from the Collections of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, July 20–October 17, 1986.
1988–89a London and traveling
Royal Academy of Arts, London, Cézanne: The Early Years 1859–1872, April 22–August 21, 1988, no. 21, ill. Traveled to: Musée d'Orsay, Cézanne: les années de jeunesse 1859-1872, Paris, September 19, 1988–January 1, 1989; National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., January 29–April 30, 1989.
1994–95 Paris and traveling
Grand Palais, Paris, Impressionnisme: Les origines, 1859–1869, April 19–August 8, 1994, no. 26, fig. 264. Traveled to: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Origins of Impressionism, September 19, 1994–January 8, 1995.
2005–06 New York and traveling
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, Pioneering Modern Painting: Cézanne & Pissarro 1865–1885, June 26–September 12, 2005, no. 2, ill., p. 79, as Louis-Auguste Cezanne, père de l'artiste, lisant L'Événement. Traveled to: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, October 20, 2005–January 16, 2006; Musée d'Orsay, Paris, February 27–May 28, 2006 (Cézanne et Pissarro 1865-1885).
2006 Washington, D.C. and traveling
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., Cézanne in Provence, January 29–May 7, 2006, no. 6, ill. Traveled to: Musée Granet, Aix-en-Provence, France, June 9–September 17, 2006.
2017 Paris
Musée d'Orsay, Paris, Cézanne Portraits, June 13–September 24, 2017, no. 14, ill.
2017–18 Paris and traveling
Musée d'Orsay, Paris, Cézanne Portraits, June 13–September 24, 2017, no. 4.1, ill. Traveled to: National Portrait Gallery, London, October 26, 2017–February 11, 2018; National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C, March 25–July 1, 2018.
2022–23 Chicago and traveling
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Cezanne, May 15–September 5, 2022, no. 2, ill. shown in Chicago only. Traveled to: Tate Moderrn, London, October 6, 2022–March 12, 2023.
Published References
Lawton 1911
Lawton, Frederick. "Paul Cézanne." Art Journal, no. 2 (February 1911), p. 60, ill.
Borgmeyer 1913
Borgmeyer, Charles Louis. The Master Impressionists. Chicago: The Fine Arts Press, 1913, p. 271, ill., as Portrait of the artist's father, Collection Pellerin.
Dreyfus 1913
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Meier-Graefe 1913
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New York Times 1913
"A Private Collection in Germany That Contains Fourteen Examples of the Art of Paul Cezanne, a Great Modern, Who Already Is Placed with the Old Masters, in Darmstadt." New York Times, July 6, 1913, p. 15, as The Newspaper Reader.
Meier-Graefe 1918a
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Gasquet 1921b
Gasquet, Joachim. Cézanne. Paris: Les Editions Bernheim-Jeune, 1921, p. 12, pl. p. 12, as Le père de Cézanne dans le fauteuil.
Meier-Graefe 1922
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Bernard 1926a
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Huyghe 1936b
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Venturi 1936b
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 91, ill. vol. II, as Portrait de Louis-Auguste Cézanne, Père de l'artiste.
Rewald 1936e
Rewald, John. Cézanne et Zola. Paris: Editions A. Sedrowski, 1936, fig. 12.
Novotny 1937
Novotny, Fritz. Cézanne. Vienna: Phaidon, 1937, pl. 7.
Rewald 1937a
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Art News 1937b
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Novotny 1947
Novotny, Fritz. Cézanne. London: Phaidon Press, 1947, pl. 7, as Portrait du père de l'artiste, 1866.
Vaudoyer 1947
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Fry 1952
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Sargent 1952
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Badt 1956
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Elles 1958
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Feist 1963
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Murphy 1968
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"[Aquisitions des musées du monde entier]." La Chronique des arts: supplément à la Gazette des beaux-arts, no. 1225 (February 1971), p. 94, no. 447, ill., as Le père de l'artiste.
Hours 1971–72
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Rewald 1971–72
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Elgar 1975
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National Gallery of Art 1975
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Wadley 1975
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Venturi 1978
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Rewald 1986a
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Kirsch 1987a
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Lévêque 1988
Lévêque, Jean Jacques. La Vie et l'oeuvre de Paul Cézanne. Courbevoie: ACR, 1988, p. 45, ill. in color.
Du 1989
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Düchting 1989
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Rewald 1989
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Wadley 1989
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Athanassoglou-Kallmyer 1990
Athanassoglou-Kallmyer, Nina M. "An Artistic and Political Manifesto for Cézanne." The Art Bulletin vol. LXXII, no. 3 (September 1990), fig. 2.
Naubert-Riser 1992
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Verdi 1992
Verdi, Richard. Cézanne. London and New York: Thames & Hudson, 1992, p. 16, fig. 7.
Arrouye 1995
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Bonafoux 1995
Bonafoux, Pascal. Cézanne: portrait. Paris: Editions Hazan, 1995, p. 20, ill.
Cachin and Rishel 1995
Cachin, Françoise, and Joseph Rishel. Cézanne. Paris: Réunion des musées nationaux, 1995. Exhibition catalogue, p. 84, fig. 1.
Kitschen 1995
Kitschen, Friederike. Cézanne: Stilleben. Ostfildern-Ruit: Verlag Gerd Hatje, 1995, fig. 7.
Patin 1995
Patin, Sylvie. Cézanne. Paris: Editions Hazan, 1995, p. 27.
Schmitt 1995
Schmitt, Evmarie. Cézanne in der Provence. München and New York: Prestel, 1995, p. 21.
Cahn 1995b
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Cahn 1995c
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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. 78.
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. 101, ill. vol. 2 and p. 39, ill. col. vol. 1, as Louis-Auguste Cezanne, père de l'artiste, lisant L'Événement.
Smith 1996
Smith, Paul. Interpreting Cézanne. London: Tate Publishing, 1996, p. 33, fig. 25, as The Artist's Father, Reading "L'Événement".
Coutagne 1997
Coutagne, Denis. "Approche contradictoire d'un thème: Le Jas de Bouffan chez Cézanne." In Cézanne aujourd'hui. Paris: Editions de la Réunion des Musées Nationaux, 1997, pp. 78-79.
Vischer 1998
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Kitschen 2000
Kitschen, Friederike. "Malen, Sehen, Denken, Fühlen - Cézannes Stilleben." In Cézanne Manet Schuch: drei Wege zur autonomen Kunst. Munich: Hirmer, 2000. Exhibition catalogue, fig. 2.
Lewis 2000
Lewis, Mary Tompkins. Cézanne. London: Phaidon, 2000, p. 60, fig. 33.
Platzman 2001
Platzman, Steven. Cézanne: The Self-Portraits. Berkeley: University of California, 2001, p. 164, ill., as Louis-Auguste Cezanne, père de l'artiste, lisant L'Événement.
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. 7, ill. in color.
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. 31, fig. 1.12, as Louis-Auguste Cezanne, père de l'artiste, lisant L'Événement.
Armstrong 2004
Armstrong, Carol. Cézanne in the Studio: Still Life in Watercolors. Los Angeles: Getty Publications, 2004. Exhibition catalogue, p. 13, fig. 6, as The Artist's Father.
Ely 2004
Ely, Bruno. "'Pater Omnipotens Aeterne Deus.' The purchase and sale of Jas de Bouffan by the Cézanne family." In Jas de Bouffan: Cézanne, Société Paul Cézanne. Aix-en-Provence: Hexagone, 2004, fig. 4, 14, ill. in color.
Royer 2004
Royer, Jean-Michel. "The Arbor of Weeping Chestnuts." In Jas de Bouffan: Cézanne, Société Paul Cézanne. Aix-en-Provence: Hexagone, 2004, fig. 139 (detail), ill. in color.
Tosini 2005
Tosini, Aurora Scotti. "Paul Cézanne (1839–1906)." In Cézanne, Renoir. Milan: Skira, 2005. Exhibition catalogue, p. 101, ill.
Feilchenfeldt 2005e
Feilchenfeldt, Walter. "Cézannes Gemälde: Formate und Themen, Echtheitsfragen." In "By Appointment Only": Schriften zu Kunst und Kunsthandel, Cézanne und Van Gogh. Wädenswil: Nimbus, 2005, p. 234, ill.
Farber 2006
Farber, Jules B. Autour de Cézanne. Sommières: Romain Pages, 2006, p. 23, ill. in color.
Kropmanns 2006
Kropmanns, Peter. Cézanne: Eine Biographie. Stuttgart: Reclam, 2006, ill. between pp. 116 and 117.
Machotka 2008
Machotka, Pavel. Cézanne: The Eye and the Mind, 2 vols. Marseille: Editions Crès, 2008, vol. 1, fig. 55; vol. 2, p. 56.
Chiappini 2011
Chiappini, Rudy. "Quel silenzio, in attesa del tempo della rivelazione." In Cézanne: Les ateliers du midi. Milan: Skira, 2011. Exhibition catalogue, p. 26, fig. 8.
Mitterand 2011
Mitterand, Henri. "Une fraternité d'artistes: Cézanne et Zola." In Cézanne et Paris. Paris: Éditions de la Rmn-Grand Palais, 2011. Exhibition catalogue, p. 36, fig. 10, as Louis-Auguste Cezanne, père de l'artiste, lisant L'Événement.
Fleck 2012
Fleck Robert. "Zeitung als Motiv und Malerei der Künstler." In Art and Press: Kunst, Wahrheit, Wirklichkeit. Cologne: Wienand, 2012. Exhibition catalogue, pp. 26-28, ill. p. 26, as Der Vater des Künstlers, 'L'Evènement' lesend.
Cézanne 2013
Cézanne, Paul. The Letters of Paul Cézanne. Edited and translated by Alex Danchev. London and Los Angeles: Thames & Hudson; Getty Publications, 2013, p. 130, ill.
Echte and Feilchenfeldt 2013d
Echte, Bernhard and Feilchenfeldt, Walter. "Kollektion Paul Cézanne: 17. November bis 12. Dezember 1909." Kunstsalon Cassirer: Die Ausstellungen 1908-1910. vol. 4, "Ganz eigenartige neue Werte". Wädenswil: Nimbus, 2013, p. 315, ill.
Leca 2014
Leca, Benedict. "'The Painter of Apples': Cézanne, Still Life, and Self-Fashioning." In The World Is an Apple: The Still Lifes of Paul Cézanne. Hamilton, Ontario: Art Gallery of Hamilton, 2014. Exhibition catalogue, p. 45, fig. 5, as The Artist's Father, Reading "L'Événement".
Lloyd 2015
Lloyd, Christopher. Paul Cézanne, Drawings and Watercolors. London and Los Angeles: Thames & Hudson and John Paul Getty Museum, 2015, p. 13, fig. 2.
Mitterand 2016
Mitterand, Henri. Paul Cézanne, Émile Zola, Lettres croisées, 1858–1887. Paris: Gallimard, 2016, fig. 7.
Lobstein 2017a
Lobstein, Dominique. "Biographie." In Paul Cezanne, Le chant de la terre. Martigny: Fondation Pierre Gianadda, 2017. Exhibition catalogue, p. 348, ill.
Armstrong 2018
Armstrong, Carol. Cézanne's Gravity. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2018, fig. 1.
Société Paul Cezanne 2019
Cezanne, Jas de Bouffan: art et histoire. Under the scientific direction of Denis Coutagne and François Chédeville. Lyon; Aix-en-Provence: Fage édition; Société Paul Cezanne, 2019, figs. 4, 203 pp. 16, 209.
Dauberville 2020
Dauberville, Guy-Patrice, and Floriane Dauberville. Paul Cezanne chez Bernheim-Jeune. Paris: Editions G-P.F. Dauberville & Archives Bernheim-Jeune, 2020, no. 218, ill., as Homme assis, lisant.
Tapié 2020
Tapié, Alain. "De la nature de l'art vers l'art de la nature." In Cezanne et les Maîtres, rêve d'Italie. Vanves: Editions Hazan, 2020. Exhibition catalogue, p. 39, fig. 4.
Cezanne 2021
Cézanne, Philippe. Paul Cezanne dépeint par ses contemporains. Lyon: Fage éditions, 2021, fig. 17.
Elderfield 2021
Elderfield, John. "Dr. Barnes's Cézanne." In Cézanne in the Barnes Foundation. New York: Rizzoli Electa, 2021, fig. 7, as The Artist's Father, Reading "L'Événement".
Notes

This painting was the only work by Cézanne accepted at the Salon (1882).  The artist kept the work (rolled up) until his death.

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Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Louis-Auguste Cezanne, père de l'artiste, lisant L'Événement, 1866 autumn (FWN 402)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=112 (accessed on April 26, 2024).