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 41
La Clairière
c.1867
Alternate titles: Clairière; Parc à l'automne; Paysage d'Automne; The forest glade; The Glade
Rewald (125): c.1867; Venturi revised: 1867–70; Venturi (1514): 1865–70; Cooper: authenticity doubtful, perhaps 1863–65; Gowing: c.1867 (Edinburgh) and perhaps 1865 (Burlington)
Oil on canvas
25 5/8 x 21 1/4 in. (65 x 54 cm)
Provenance
Exhibition History
Musée de l'Orangerie, Paris, Cézanne, May 20–October 11, 1936, no. 18, as Paysage d'Automne, lent by Vollard, "First time exhibited".
Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, Paintings by Cézanne, August 20–September 18, 1954, no. 3, as Clairière, lent by Mr and Mrs Peter Hughes. Traveled to: Tate Gallery, London, September 29–October 27, 1954.
Kunstnerforbundet, Oslo, Norway, Paul Cezanne: 28 malerier, November 13–December 1, 1954, no. 2, as Clairière, lent by Mr. and Mrs. Peter Hughes.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Paintings from Private Collections: Summer Loan Exhibition, 1958, no. 13, as The forest glade, lent by Mr. and Mrs. Richard J. Bernhard.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Paintings from Private Collections: Summer Loan Exhibition, 1963, no. 5, lent by Mrs. Richard J. Bernhard.
National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, Cézanne, March 30–May 19, 1974, no. 4. Traveled to: Municipal Museum, Kyoto, Japan, June 1–July 17, 1974; Cultural Center, Fukuoka, Japan, July 24–August 18, 1974.
Yokohama Museum of Art, Yokohama, Japan, Homage to Cézanne: His Influence on the Development of Twentieth Century Painting, November 15, 2008–January 25, 2009, no. 68, ill., as La Clairière, lent by Morohashi Museum of Modern Art. Traveled to: Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art, Hokkaido, Japan, February 7–April 12, 2009.
National Art Center, Tokyo, Cézanne: Paris-Provence, March 28–May 11, 2012, no. 9, ill.
Pola Museum of Art, Kanagawa, Japan, Cézanne, Pioneer of Modern Art, April 4–September 27, 2015, no. 2, ill. lent by Morohashi Museum of Modern Art Foundation.
Published References
Vergnet-Ruiz, Jean. "Cézanne et I'impressionnisme." La Renaissance (Paris), vol. 19, nos. 5-6 (May–June 1936), p. 17, as Parc à l'automne.
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 1514, ill. vol. II, as Clairière.
Barnes, Albert C., and Violette de Mazia. The Art of Cézanne. New York: Harcourt Brace, 1939, no. 16, listed.
Rewald, John. The History of Impressionism. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1946, p. 142, ill.
Gowing, Lawrence. "Notes on the Development of Cézanne." The Burlington Magazine 98, no. 639 (June 1956), p. 187.
Rewald, John. The History of Impressionism. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1961, p. 195, ill.
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. 125, ill. vol. 2, as La Clairière.
Machotka, Pavel. Cézanne: The Eye and the Mind, 2 vols. Marseille: Editions Crès, 2008, vol. 1, fig. 37; vol. 2, p. 48, as La Clairière.
Notes
This work was influenced by Gustave Courbet and by the Barbizon painters.
Record last updated May 17, 2022. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "La Clairière, c.1867 (FWN 41)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=136 (accessed on May 14, 2025).
