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 1768
Portrait de l'artiste
c.1895
Alternate titles: Autoportrait; Portrait de Cézanne; Selbstbildnis; Selbstbildnis (Portrait de l'artiste); Self-Portrait
Rewald (W486); Venturi revised: 1890–94; Schmidt: c.1894
Graphite and watercolor on paper
11 1/8 x 10 1/8 in. (28.2 x 25.7 cm)
Private collection
Provenance
Exhibition History
Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, Exposition rétrospective Paul Cézanne (1839-1906) au profit de la caisse du Monument Cézanne, June 1–30, 1926, no. 31, as Portrait de Cézanne, aquarelle.
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Cézanne: Paintings, Watercolors & Drawings, A Loan Exhibition, February 7–March 16, 1952, no. 69, ill., as Self-Portrait, c. 1894, lent by Mr. and Mrs. W. Feilchenfeldt, Zurich. Traveled to: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, April 1–May 16, 1952.
Haags Gemeentemuseum, The Hague, the Netherlands, Paul Cézanne, June 1–August 1, 1956, no. 74, ill. 1894, lent by Private collection.
Haus der Kunst, Munich, Paul Cézanne, October 12–November 18, 1956, no. 91, ill. 1894, lent by Frau Dr. W. Feilchenfeldt, Zurich.
Wallraf-Richartz-Museum, (Kunsthaus Lempertz), Cologne, Cézanne, Ausstellung zum Gedenken an sein 50. Todesjahr, December 1956–January 1957, no. 43, ill.
Stadthalle, Wolfsburg, Germany, Französische Malerei von Delacroix bis Picasso, April 8–May 31, 1961, no. 175, pl. 62, as Selbstbildnis, c. 1894, lent by Private collection.
Knoedler Galleries, New York, Cézanne Watercolors, April 2–20, 1963, no. 28, pl. XXV, as Portrait de l'artiste, 1890-94, lent by Mrs. Walter Feilchenfeldt, Zurich.
Kunstverein, Hamburg, Germany, Wegbereiter der modernen Malerei: Cézanne, Gauguin, van Gogh, Seurat, May 4–July 14, 1963, no. 21, pl. 73, as Selbstbildnis, c. 1885, lent by Walter Feilchenfeldt, Zurich.
Palais de Beaulieu, Lausanne, Switzerland, Chefs-d'œuvre des collections suisses: de Manet à Picasso, May 1–October 25, 1964, no. 98, ill., as Autoportrait, c. 1895, lent by Mme Walter Feilchenfeldt, Zurich.
Kunsthaus, Zurich, 50 Jahre Kunsthandelsverband der Schweiz, September 15–November 11, 1973, no. 234, ill.
Palais de Beaulieu, Salon des Antiquaires, Lausanne, Switzerland, C. F. Ramuz, 1978, no. 47.
Kunsthalle Tübingen, Tübingen, Paul Cézanne Aquarelle, January 16–March 21, 1982, no. 100, ill., as Selbstbildnis (Portrait de l'artiste), c. 1895, lent by Walter Feilchenfeldt, Zürich. Traveled to: Kunsthaus, Zürich, April 2–May 31, 1982.
Isetan Museum of Art, Tokyo, Cézanne, September 18–October 7, 1986, no. 54, ill. lent by Walter Feilchenfeldt, Zurich. Traveled to: Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Modern Art, Kobe, Japan, October 10–November 9, 1986; Aichi Prefectural Art Gallery, Nagoya, Japan, November 15–December 4, 1986.
Grand Palais, Paris, Cézanne, September 26, 1995–January 14, 1996, no. 170, ill. in color, p. 406, as Portrait de l'artiste, c. 1895, lent by Private collection. Traveled to: Tate Gallery, London, February 8–April 28, 1996; Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, May 26–September 1, 1996.
Acquavella Galleries, New York, Cézanne Watercolors, October 18–November 24, 1999, no. 37, ill.
Kunstforum, Vienna, Cézanne: Vollendet unvollendet, January 20–April 25, 2000, no. 22, ill., as Portrait de l'artiste, c. 1895, lent by Private collection. Traveled to: Kunsthaus, Zürich, May 5–August 13, 2000 (initially planned to end on July 30 the exhibition was extended until August 13).
Museum Folkwang, Essen, Germany, Cézanne: Aufbruch in die Moderne, September 18, 2004–January 16, 2005, listed p. 232, ill. p. 13, as Selbstbildnis, 1895, lent by Walter und Maria Feilchenfeldt, Zurich.
Kunsthaus, Zurich, Hommage à Cézanne, November 30, 2006–February 11, 2007, no no., as Portrait de l'artiste, lent by Walter and Maria Feilchenfeldt.
Albertina, Vienna, Impressionismus: Pastelle, Aquarelle, Zeichnungen, October 14, 2011–January 8, 2012, no. 8, ill., as Selbstbildnis, c. 1895, lent by Private collection.
Staatliche Kunsthalle, Karlsruhe, Germany, Cézanne - Metamorphosen, October 28, 2017–February 11, 2018, no. 53, ill.
Published References
Schmidt, Georg. Aquarelle von Paul Cézanne. Mit zweiundreissig vielfarbigen Tafeln. Basel: Holbein-Verlag, 1952, cover; fig. 1.
Hess, Walter. "Zum Bild des Menschen in der Kunst Cézanne." Die Kunst und das schöne Heim, no. 9 (June 1957), p. 338, ill.
Keers, Frits. "Lausanne 1964." Journaal van de nederlandse Musea voor moderne Kunst 10, no. 4 (1965), p. 97, ill.
Coplans, John. "Cézanne watercolors." In Cézanne watercolors. Los Angeles: The Ward Richie Press, 1967, ill. on title page.
"Paul Cézanne - Aquarelle." Kunsthaus Zürich - Mitteilungsblatt der Zürcher Kunstgesellschaft (Zurich) 2.82 (1982), ill. cover.
Perucchi-Petri, Ursula. "Die Aquarelle von Paul Cézanne und die Kunst Ostasiens." Du 42, no. 4 (September 1982), p. 12, ill.
Rewald, John. Paul Cézanne: The Watercolors, A Catalogue Raisonné. Boston: Little, Brown; London: Thames & Hudson, 1983, no. 486, ill. and color pl. 33.
Lévêque, Jean Jacques. La Vie et l'oeuvre de Paul Cézanne. Courbevoie: ACR, 1988, p. 155, ill.
Platzman, Steven. Cézanne: The Self-Portraits. Berkeley: University of California, 2001, p. 148, 199, fig. 24.
Machotka, Pavel. Cézanne: The Eye and the Mind, 2 vols. Marseille: Editions Crès, 2008, vol. 1, fig. 8; pl. 2, p. 24, as Portrait de l'artiste.
Houssais, Laurent. Cézanne année après année. Paris: Editions Hazan, 2011, p. 278, ill.
Lloyd, Christopher. Paul Cézanne, Drawings and Watercolors. London and Los Angeles: Thames & Hudson and John Paul Getty Museum, 2015, p. 139, fig. 87.
Marchesseau, Daniel. Paul Cezanne, Le chant de la terre. Martigny: Fondation Pierre Gianadda, 2017. Exhibition catalogue, p. 260, ill.
Mettler, Kurt. Tagebücher 1927–1930. Zurich: Limmat Verlag, 2019, p. 983, ill., as Autoportrait.
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Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Portrait de l'artiste, c.1895 (FWN 1768)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1468 (accessed on May 1, 2025).
