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)
FWN 1228
Le Château Noir
1887–90
Alternate titles: Blick auf das Château Noir; Château Noir; Haus im Laub; Het huis 'Le Château Noir' bij Aix-en-Provence; Landhaus in der Provence; Landhuis in de Provence; View of the Château Noir
Rewald (W313); Venturi revised: 1902–06; Venturi (1034): 1895–1900
Graphite and watercolor on paper
14 3/16 x 20 11/16 in. (36 x 52.6 cm)
Provenance
Exhibition History
Galerie Flechtheim, Berlin, Cézanne, Aquarelle und Zeichnungen; Bronzen von Edgar Degas, May 19–June 16, 1927, no. 31?, as Haus im Laub, lent by Private collection, Paris, formerly Moscow [actually Simon Meller].
Museum Boymans, Rotterdam, the Netherlands, Teekeningen van Ingres tot Seurat, December 20, 1933–January 21, 1934, no. 18, as Landhuis in de Provence.
Kunsthalle, Bern, Switzerland, Französische Meister des 19. Jahrhunderts und van Gogh, February 18–April 2, 1934, no. 17, as Landhaus in der Provence.
Kunsthalle, Basel, Switzerland, Meisterzeichnungen französischer Künstler von Ingres bis Cézanne, June 29–August 18, 1935, no. 181, as Landhaus in der Provence, Aquarell, lent by Herr Franz Koenigs, Haarlem.
Paul Cassirer, Amsterdam, Fransche meesters uit de XIX eeuw: teekeningen, aquarellen, pastels [...], July–August 1938, no. 9.
Tate Gallery, London, Paul Cézanne: an Exhibition of Watercolours, opening on April 10, 1946, no. 20, as Château Noir, 1895-1900, lent by Museum Boymans, Rotterdam. Traveled to: Museum and Art Gallery, Leicester, United Kingdom, May–June 1946; Graves Art Gallery, Sheffield, United Kingdom, July 1946.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, Het Franse Landschap, von Poussin tot Cézanne, March 18–June 4, 1951, no. 152, as Het huis 'Le Château Noir' bij Aix-en-Provence, c. 1895/1900.
Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris, Musée Boymans de Rotterdam: dessins du XVe au XIXe siècle, February 20–April 20, 1952, no. 145, as Le Château Noir, 1895-1900.
Haags Gemeentemuseum, The Hague, the Netherlands, Paul Cézanne, June 1–August 1, 1956, no. 75, 1895-1900, lent by Museum Boymans, Rotterdam.
Knoedler Galleries, New York, Cézanne Watercolors, April 2–20, 1963, no. 44, pl. XLII, as Le Château Noir, 1895-1900, lent by Museum Boymans - van Beuningen.
Institut néerlandais, Paris, Le dessin français de Claude à Cézanne dans les collections hollandaises complété d'un choix d'autographes des artistes exposés, May 4–June 14, 1964, no. 207, pl. 168 Album des planches, as Le Château Noir, lent by Museum Boymans-van Beuningen, Rotterdam. Traveled to: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, June 25–August 16, 1964.
Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom, Watercolour and Pencil Drawings by Cézanne, September 19–November 4, 1973, no. 62, ill., catalogue note: p. 163, as Le Château Noir, lent by Museum Boijmans-van Beuningen, Rotterdam; shown in London only. Traveled to: Hayward Gallery, London, November 13–December 30, 1973.
Kunsthalle Tübingen, Tübingen, Paul Cézanne Aquarelle, January 16–March 21, 1982, no. 40, ill., as Château Noir, c. 1890, lent by Museum Boymans-van Beuningen, Rotterdam (Inv.-No. F II 212). Traveled to: Kunsthaus, Zürich, April 2–May 31, 1982.
The Pierpont Morgan Library, New York, From Pisanello to Cézanne: Master Drawings from the Museum Boymans-van Beuingen, Rotterdam, May 15–August 5, 1990, no. 104, ill., as View of the Château Noir. Traveled to: Kimbell Art Museum, Forth Worth, Texas, August 18–October 21, 1990; The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, November 13, 1990–January 13, 1991.
Grand Palais, Paris, Cézanne, September 26, 1995–January 14, 1996, no. 119, ill. in color, p. 307, as Le Château Noir, 1887-1890, lent by Museum Boymans, Rotterdam, shown in Paris and Philadelphia only. Traveled to: Tate Gallery, London, February 8–April 28, 1996; Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, May 26–September 1, 1996.
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., Cézanne in Provence, January 29–May 7, 2006, no. 101, ill. lent by Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen; shown in Aix only. Traveled to: Musée Granet, Aix-en-Provence, France, June 9–September 17, 2006.
Albertina, Vienna, Impressionismus: Pastelle, Aquarelle, Zeichnungen, October 14, 2011–January 8, 2012, no. 22, ill., as Blick auf das Château Noir, c. 1887-1890, lent by Museum Boijmans-van Beuningen, Rotterdam.
Published References
Rewald, John, and Léo Marschutz. "Plastique et réalité: Cézanne au Château Noir." L'Amour de l'art 16, no. 1 (January 1935), p. 19, no. 7.
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 1034, ill. vol. II, as Château Noir.
Novotny, Fritz. Cézanne und das Ende der wissenschaftlichen Perspektive. Vienna: Anton Schroll, 1938, list of motifs: no. 8.
Haverkamp-Begemann, Egbert. Vijf eeuwen tekenkunst. Rotterdam: Museum Boymans-Van Beuningen, pp. 70-71, pl. 82.
Neumeyer, Alfred. Cézanne's Drawings. New York and London: Thomas Yoseloff, 1958, no. 88 (reversed image).
Faunce, Sarah C. "Cézanne Watercolor Exhibition." Art Quarterly 24, no. 1 (Spring 1963), p. 118, fig. 2.
Andersen, Wayne V. "Watercolor in Cézanne's Artist Process." Art International 7 (May 25, 1963), p. 24, ill.
Hutter, Heribert. Die Handzeichnung: Entwicklung, Technik, Eigenart. Vienna and Munich: Schroll, 1966, pp. 58, 77, 106, pl. IX, as Château Noir, 1895-1900.
Hoetink, Bernard. Franse Tekeningen uit de 19e Eeuw. Rotterdam: Museum Boymans-van Beuningen, 1968, no. 30, ill.
Leymarie, Jean. Dessins impressionistes De Manet à Renoir. Geneva: Éditions d'Art Albert Skira, 1969, p. 95, ill. 1895-1900.
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne. Geneva: Skira, 1978, p. 142, ill., as Le Château Noir, 1895-1900.
Rewald, John. Paul Cézanne: The Watercolors, A Catalogue Raisonné. Boston: Little, Brown; London: Thames & Hudson, 1983, no. 313, ill.
Luijten, Gert and A.W. Meij. Van Pisanello tot Cézanne: keuze uit de verzameling tekeningen in het Museum Boymans- van Beuningen, Rotterdam. s'Gravenhage: Schwartz, SDU, 1990, no. 104.
D'Souza, Aruna. Cézanne's Bathers. University Park: Pennsylvania State University Press, 2008, fig. 7, ill.
Simms, Matthew. Cézanne's watercolors: between drawing and painting. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2008, p.109, fig. 77.
Prat, Louis-Antoine. Le Dessin français au XIXe siècle. Paris: Somogy Editions d'Art, 2011, p. 615, no. 1467, ill. in color p. 614, as Château Noir, 1887-1890.
Lloyd, Christopher. Paul Cézanne, Drawings and Watercolors. London and Los Angeles: Thames & Hudson and John Paul Getty Museum, 2015, p. 242, fig. 169, dated 1890.
Record last updated October 6, 2022. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Le Château Noir, 1887–90 (FWN 1228)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1294 (accessed on May 2, 2025).
