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Catalogue entry

FWN 423
Portrait du peintre Achille Emperaire
1867–68
Alternate titles: Achille Emperaire; Achille Emperaire peintre; Bildnis Emperaires; Homme assis, Achille Emperaire; L'Homme infirme; Le Malade; Portrait d'Achille Emperaire; Portrait d'Emperaire; Portrait of Achille Emperaire
Rewald (139): 1867–68; Venturi revised: c.1868; Venturi (88): 1867–70; Rivière: 1868; Cooper: 1866 or later; Gowing: 1868 (Burlington) and c.1868–70 (London); Ratcliffe: before winter 1868
Oil on canvas
78 11/16 x 48 in. (200 x 122 cm)
Signed lower right in black: P. Cezanne and inscribed at top: ACHILLE EMPERAIRE PEINTRE
Vollard archives: photo no. 33, Annotated by Cezanne's son: 1877
Musée d'Orsay, Paris (RF 1964 38)

Keywords

Provenance
Julien-François (Père) Tanguy, Paris
Eugène Boch, Monthyon (late Dec. 1891)
Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris (about 1908)
Auguste Pellerin, Paris (January 1910);
M. et Mme René Lecomte, née Pellerin, Paris;
Musée du Louvre, Paris (1964, Gift of Mme René Lecomte and Mme Louis de Chaisemartin, daughter and granddaughter of Auguste Pellerin);
Musée du Louvre, galerie du Jeu de Paume, Paris (1964-1986);
Musée d'Orsay, Paris (1986).
Exhibition History
1907a Paris
Salon d'Automne, Grand Palais, Paris, Rétrospective d'oeuvres de Cézanne, October 1–22, 1907, no. 45, as Portrait d'Emperaire, lent by M.E. Boch.
1953c Paris
Orangerie, Paris, Monticelli et le baroque provençal, June 19–September 15, 1953, no. 10, pl. XXIX, c. 1867-1870, lent by Private collection, Paris.
1954 Paris
Orangerie, Paris, Hommage à Cézanne, July 2–October 17, 1954, no. 13, lent by private collection, Paris.
1967–1968a Paris
Orangerie, Paris, Vingt ans d'acquisitions au musée du Louvre 1947-1967, December 1967–March 1968, no. 402, as Achille Emperaire.
1974b Paris
Orangerie, Paris, Cézanne dans les musées nationaux, July 19–October 14, 1974, extended until October 28, no. 4, ill. in b/w, as Portrait d'Achille Emperaire.
1988–89a London and traveling
Royal Academy of Arts, London, Cézanne: The Early Years 1859–1872, April 22–August 21, 1988, no. 46, 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.
1995–96 Paris and traveling
Grand Palais, Paris, Cézanne, September 26, 1995–January 14, 1996, no. 19, ill. Traveled to: Tate Gallery, London, February 8–April 28, 1996; Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, May 26–September 1, 1996.
2017 Paris
Musée d'Orsay, Paris, Cézanne Portraits, June 13–September 24, 2017, no. 15, ill. shown in Paris only.
2017–18 Paris and traveling
Musée d'Orsay, Paris, Cézanne Portraits, June 13–September 24, 2017, no. 4.2, ill. shown in Paris only. Traveled to: National Portrait Gallery, London, October 26, 2017–February 11, 2018; National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C, March 25–July 1, 2018.
2018–219 Paris and traveling
Musée d'Orsay, Paris, Orsay par Julian Schabel, October 10, 2018–January 13, 2021, no. 15, ill., as Achille Emperaire.
Published References
Aurier 1891
Aurier, Albert. "Choses d'art." Mercure de France 2 (June 1891), p. 374, mentioned, as seen at Tanguy's.
Bernard 1894
Bernard, Émile. "Paul Cézanne." Le Coeur, December 1894, p. 4 (described).
Leclerq 1899
Leclerq, Julien. "Petites expositions: Galerie Vollard." La Chronique des arts et de la curiosité: supplément à la Gazette des beaux-arts, no. 36 (November 25, 1899), p. 330, as Le Malade, also as L'Homme infirme, as the painting was known at Tanguy's.
Bernard 1908b
Bernard, Emile. "Julien Tanguy, dit le 'Père Tanguy.'" Mercure de France, no. 276 (December 16, 1908), p. 609.
Meier-Graefe 1918a
Meier-Graefe, Julius. Cézanne und sein Kreis: ein Beitrag zur Entwicklungsgeschichte: mit 127 Tonätzungen und fünfzehn Heliogravüren. Munich: R. Piper, 1918, ill. p. 82.
Coquiot 1919
Coquiot, Gustave. Paul Cézanne. Paris: Ollendorf, 1919, p. 41, as Achille Emperaire.
Gasquet 1921b
Gasquet, Joachim. Cézanne. Paris: Les Editions Bernheim-Jeune, 1921, p. 26, pl. p. 26, as Achille Emperaire.
Meier-Graefe 1922
Meier-Graefe, Julius. Cézanne und sein Kreis: ein Beitrag zur Entwicklungsgeschichte: mit 171 Tonätzungen und einem Lichtdruck. Munich: R. Piper, 1922, ill. p. 90, as Bildnis Emperaires, 1866.
Rivière 1923
Rivière, Georges. Le Maître Paul Cézanne. Paris: Librairie Floury, 1923, p. 198, listed.
Bernard 1925
Bernard, Emile. Souvenirs sur Paul Cézanne: une conversation avec Cézanne: la méthode de Cézanne. Paris: R.G. Michel, 1925, pp. 50–51.
Fry 1926
Fry, Roger. "Le développement de Cézanne." L'Amour de l'art 7, no. 12 (December 1926), ill. p. 392, as Portrait d'Achille Emperaire.
Gasquet 1926
Gasquet, Joachim. Cézanne. Paris: Les Editions Bernheim-Jeune, 1926, p. 39 pl. [7] hors texte, as Achille Emperaire.
Waldmann 1927
Waldmann, Emil. Die Kunst des Realismus und des Impressionismus. Berlin: Propyläen-Verlag, 1927, p. 491, ill.
Fry 1927a
Fry, Roger. Cézanne: A Study of His Development. New York: Macmillan, 1927, pp. 19-20, fig. 5, pl. IV.
Meier-Graefe 1927a
Meier-Graefe, Julius. Cézanne. translated by J. Holroyd-Reece. London: Ernest Benn, 1927, pl. I.
Fry 1929
Fry, Roger. "Cézannes Udvikling." Samleren 6 (July, August, September 1929), p. 114, ill.
Gasquet 1930b
Gasquet, Joachim. Cézanne. Berlin: B. Cassirer, 1930, ill. opp. p. 20.
Rivière 1933
Rivière, Georges. Cézanne: Le Peintre solitaire. Paris: Librairie Floury, 1933, p. 17, ill.
Mack 1935
Mack, Gerstle. Paul Cézanne. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1935, fig. 5.
Raynal 1936
Raynal, Maurice. Cézanne. Paris: Editions de Cluny, 1936, pl. LVII p. 89.
Venturi 1936b
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 88, ill. vol. II, as Portrait d'Achille Emperaire.
Rewald 1936e
Rewald, John. Cézanne et Zola. Paris: Editions A. Sedrowski, 1936, fig. 11.
Novotny 1937
Novotny, Fritz. Cézanne. Vienna: Phaidon, 1937, pl. 6.
Rewald 1937a
Rewald, John. "A propos du catalogue raisonné de l'œuvre de Paul Cézanne et de la chronologie de cette œuvre." La Renaissance (Paris), vol. 20, nos. 3-4 (March–April 1937), p. 54, as ...grandes toiles ...
Vollard 1938
Vollard, Ambroise. En écoutant Cézanne, Degas, Renoir. Paris: B. Grasset, 1938, p. 23, as Achille Emperaire.
Rewald 1938a
Rewald, John. "Achille Emperaire: ami de Paul Cézanne." L'Amour de l'art 19, no. 4 (May 1938), ill. p. 152, as Portrait d'Achille Emperaire, c. 1866.
Barnes and de Mazia 1939
Barnes, Albert C., and Violette de Mazia. The Art of Cézanne. New York: Harcourt Brace, 1939, no. 9, ill. p. 150.
Cogniat 1939a
Cogniat, Raymond. Cézanne. Paris: Pierre Tisné, 1939, pl. 16.
Rewald 1939c
Rewald, John. Cézanne, sa vie, son œuvre, son amitié pour Zola. Paris: Albin Michel, 1939, fig. 17.
Rivière 1942
Rivière, Georges. Cézanne: Le Peintre solitaire. Paris: Librairie Floury, 1942, p. 17, ill.
Schildt 1946
Schildt, Göran. Cézanne. Stockholm: Wahlström & Widstrand, 1946, fig. 61.
Novotny 1947
Novotny, Fritz. Cézanne. London: Phaidon Press, 1947, pl. 6, as Portrait d'Achille Emperaire, 1866-68.
Dorival 1948
Dorival, Bernard. Cézanne. Paris: Pierre Tisné, 1948, pl. 19, listed pp. 144-145.
Jedlicka 1948
Jedlicka, Gotthard. Cézanne. Berne: Alfred Scherz Verlag, 1948, fig. 4, as Portrait du peintre Achille Emperaire.
Rewald 1948b
Rewald, John. Paul Cézanne: A Biography. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1948, fig. 25.
Jourdain 1950
Jourdain, Francis. Cézanne. Paris: Braun, 1950, ill.
Rewald 1950a
Rewald, John. Cézanne. London: Phoenix House, 1950, fig. 13.
Fry 1952
Fry, Roger. Cézanne: A Study of his Developement. London: Hogarth Press, 1952, p. 20, pl. IV fig. 5, as Portrait of Achille Emperaire.
Novotny 1961
Novotny, Fritz. Cézanne. London: Phaidon, 1961, pl. 1.
Perruchot 1961
Perruchot, Henri. Dix Grands Peintres. Paris: Gauthier-Languereau, 1961, p. 118.
Rewald 1961
Rewald, John. The History of Impressionism. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1961, pp. 246–47, ill.
Chappuis 1962
Chappuis, Adrien. Les dessins de Paul Cézanne au cabinet des estampes du Musée des beaux-arts de Bâle. Olten and Lausanne: Urs Graf, 1962, vol. 1, p. 54, fig. 23.
Leonhard 1966
Leonhard, Kurt. Paul Cézanne in Selbstzeugnissen und Bilddokumenten. Rheinbek bei Hamburg: Rowohlt, 1966, p. 68, ill.
Murphy 1968
Murphy, Richard W. The World of Cézanne, 1839–1906. New York: Time-Life Books, 1968, p. 28.
Andersen 1970
Andersen, Wayne V. Cézanne's Portrait Drawings. Cambridge, MA, London: MIT Press, 1970, p. 6, fig. 6.
Adhémar et al. 1973
Adhémar, Hélène, and Anne Dayez. Musée du Jeu de Paume. Paris: Editions des Musées Nationaux, 1973, listed p. 140, ill. p. 17, as Achille Emperaire, c. 1868-70.
Schapiro 1973
Schapiro, Meyer. Paul Cézanne. Translated by Louis-Marie Ollivier. Paris: Nouvelles Editions Françaises, 1973, p. 10, ill.
Elgar 1975
Elgar, Frank. Cézanne. New York: Praeger, 1975, fig. 15.
Wadley 1975
Wadley, Nicholas. Cézanne and His Art. London: Hamlyn, 1975, pl. 15.
Adriani 1978a
Adriani, Götz. Paul Cézanne. Zeichnungen. Cologne: DuMont, 1978. Exhibition catalogue, p. 41, ill. p. 40, as Achille Emperaire.
Monneret 1978a
Monneret, Sophie. Cézanne, Zola . . . La fraternité du génie. Paris: Denoël, 1978, ill. p. 79.
Monneret 1978b
Monneret, Sophie. L'Impressionnisme et son époque: dictionnaire international illustré. Paris: Denoël, 1978, vol.1, ill. p. 194.
Stevens 1979
MaryAnne Stevens. "Innovation and Consolidation in French Painting." Post-Impressionism. London, 1979. Exhibition catalogue, p. 21, ill., as Portrait of Achille Emperaire.
Plazy 1981
Plazy, Gilles. Cézanne. Fribourg: Editions Medea, 1981, p. 23.
Harris 1982
Harris, Nathaniel. The Art of Cézanne. London: Optimum Books, 1982, p. 30, ill. in color.
Thomson 1983
Thomson, Belinda. The Post-Impressionists. London: Phaidon Press, 1983, pl. 8.
Wetzel 1984
Wetzel, Christoph. Paul Cézanne: Leben u. Werk. Stuttgart/Zurich: Belser, 1984, p. 18, ill. in color.
Bernard, B. 1986
Bernard, Bruce. The Impressionist Revolution. London: Orbis, 1986, p. 238, ill.
Compin et al. 1986
Compin, Isabelle et Anne Roquebert. Catalogue sommaire illustré des peintures du musée du Louvre et du musée d'Orsay. 3, École Française, A-K. Paris: Réunion des musées nationaux, 1986, p. 115, ill., as Achille Emperaire, c. 1868.
Laclotte, Lacambre, Distel et al. 1986
Laclotte, Michel, Genviève Lacambre, Anne Distel, et al. La Peinture au Musée d'Orsay. Paris: Editions Scala, 1986, p. 90, ill.
Rewald 1986b
Rewald, John. Cézanne: A Biography. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1986, p. 85, ill.
Thomas 1987
Thomas, Denis. The Age of the Impressionists. Middlesex, U.K.: Holiday House, 1987, p. 156, ill.
Kirsch 1987a
Kirsch, Robert. "Paul Cézanne: Jeune fille au piano and Some Portraits of His Wife. An Investigation of His Painting of the Late 1870's." Gazette des beaux-arts, vol. 110, periode 6 (July–August 1987), p. 22.
Kendall 1988
Kendall, Richard, ed. Cézanne: By Himself. London: Macdonald, 1988, p. 42, ill.
Plazy 1988
Plazy, Gilles. Cézanne ou la peinture absolue. Paris: Editions Liana Levi, 1988, p. 30, ill. in color.
Düchting 1989
Düchting, Hajo. Paul Cézanne: Natur wird Kunst. Cologne: Benedict Taschen Verlag, 1989, p. 46, ill.
Ely 1989
Ely, Bruno. "L'Un était sculpteur, l'autre peintre." Impressions du Musée Granet 3 (September 1989), p. 11, ill.
Wadley 1989
Wadley, Nicholas. Cézanne and His Art. London: Hamlyn, 1989, p. 21, ill. in color.
Kendall 1989a
Kendall, Richard. The History and Techniques of the Great Master Cézanne. London: Tiger Books International, 1989, p. 19, ill.
Athanassoglou-Kallmyer 1990
Athanassoglou-Kallmyer, Nina M. "An Artistic and Political Manifesto for Cézanne." The Art Bulletin vol. LXXII, no. 3 (September 1990), fig. 1.
Gasquet 1991
Gasquet, Joachim. Joachim Gasquet's Cézanne. Translated by C. Pemberton. London and New York: Thames & Hudson, 1991, p. 61, ill.
Naubert-Riser 1992
Naubert-Riser, Constance. Cézanne. London: Studio Editions, 1994, p. 11.
Verdi 1992
Verdi, Richard. Cézanne. London and New York: Thames & Hudson, 1992, p. 43, fig. 30.
Musée de Pontoise 1994
Hommage à Anna et Eugène Boch. Pontoise: Musée de Pontoise, 1194. Exhibition catalogue, p. 71, as Portrait d'Achille Emperaire, 1868.
Arrouye 1995
Arrouye, Jean. Cézanne: Paris, Provence. Paris: Textuel, 1995, p. 72, ill.
Patin 1995
Patin, Sylvie. Cézanne. Paris: Editions Hazan, 1995, p. 12.
Cahn 1995b
Cahn, Isabelle. Paul Cézanne. Paris: Somogy Editions d'Art, 1995, p. 49, ill.
Cahn 1995c
Cahn, Isabelle. "Cézanne portraitiste." Dossier de l'art (Dijon), no. 25 (September - October 1995), ill. p. 43, 1869-70.
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. 139, ill. vol. 2 and p. 38, ill. col. vol. 1, as Portrait du peintre Achille Emperaire.
Smith 1996
Smith, Paul. Interpreting Cézanne. London: Tate Publishing, 1996, p. 18, fig. 9, as Portrait of Achille Emperaire.
Shiff 1998b
Shiff, Richard. "Sensation, Movement, Cézanne." In Classic Cézanne. Sydney: Art Gallery of New South Wales, 1998. Exhibition catalogue, p. 15, fig. 1.
House 1999
House, John. "Impressionism and the Modern Portrait." In Faces of Impressionism: Portraits from American Collections. New York: Rizzoli, 1999. Exhibition catalogue, p. 23, fig. 10.
Lewis 2000
Lewis, Mary Tompkins. Cézanne. London: Phaidon, 2000, p. 169, fig. 104.
Platzman 2001
Platzman, Steven. Cézanne: The Self-Portraits. Berkeley: University of California, 2001, p. 62, ill., as Portrait du peintre Achille Emperaire.
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. 83, fig. 2.31, as Portrait du peintre Achille Emperaire.
Lewis 2004
Lewis, Mary Tompkins. "Cézanne's Paintings in the Grand Salon at Jas de Bouffan." In Jas de Bouffan: Cézanne, Société Paul Cézanne. Aix-en-Provence: Hexagone, 2004, fig. 68b, ill. in color.
Tosini 2005
Tosini, Aurora Scotti. "Paul Cézanne (1839–1906)." In Cézanne, Renoir. Milan: Skira, 2005. Exhibition catalogue, p. 46, 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. 49, ill. in color.
Lebensztejn 2006
Lebensztejn, Jean-Claude. Études cézanniennes. Paris: Flammarion, 2006, p. 20, fig. 5, as Achille Emperaire peintre, dated c. 1868-70.
Coutagne 2006b
Coutagne, Denis. "The Jas de Bouffan." In Cézanne in Provence. Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art and New Haven: Yale University Press, 2006. Exhibition catalogue, p. 82, fig. 9, as Portrait du peintre Achille Emperaire.
D'Souza 2008
D'Souza, Aruna. Cézanne's Bathers. University Park: Pennsylvania State University Press, 2008, fig. 59, ill.
Machotka 2008
Machotka, Pavel. Cézanne: The Eye and the Mind, 2 vols. Marseille: Editions Crès, 2008, vol. 1, fig. 56; vol. 2, p. 57, as Portrait du peintre Achille Emperaire.
Sidlauskas 2009
Sidlauskas, Susan. Cézanne's Other: The Portraits of Hortense. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2009, p. 42, fig. 20, as Portrait du peintre Achille Emperaire, dated c. 1868-70.
Assante di Panzillo 2011b
Assante di Panzillo, Maryline. "Salons, marchands et collectionneurs." In Cézanne et Paris. Paris: Éditions de la Rmn-Grand Palais, 2011. Exhibition catalogue, p. 175, fig. 92, as Portrait du peintre Achille Emperaire.
Shiff 2012b
Shiff, Richard. "Sensation, Cézanne." In Cézanne and the Past: Tradition and Creativity. Budapest: Museum of Fine Arts, 2012. Exhibition catalogue, p. 36, fig. 9, as Portrait of Achille Emperaire.
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. 141, ill.
Colrat 2013
Colrat, Jean. Cézanne: Joindre les mains errantes de la nature. Paris-Sorbonne: PUPS, 2013, p. 99, pl. 21.
Dombrowski 2013
Dombrowski, André. Cézanne, Murder, and Modern Life. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2013, p. 41, fig. 18.
Rubin 2013
Rubin, James. "Amitiés et théories: Courbet/Proudhon, Cézanne/Zola ou comment Cézanne connu Courbet." In Courbet/Cézanne, La vérité en peinture. Lyon: Fage éditions, 2013. Exhibition catalogue, p. 52, fig. 5.
Lloyd 2015
Lloyd, Christopher. Paul Cézanne, Drawings and Watercolors. London and Los Angeles: Thames & Hudson and John Paul Getty Museum, 2015, p. 115, fig. 69, dated c. 1869–70.
Morehead 2017
Morehead, Allison. Nature’s Experiments and the Search for Symbolist Form. University Park, Pennsylvania: the Pennsylvania State university press, 2017, p. 59, fig. 29 (fig. 30: Stock's caricature).
Lobstein 2017a
Lobstein, Dominique. "Biographie." In Paul Cezanne, Le chant de la terre. Martigny: Fondation Pierre Gianadda, 2017. Exhibition catalogue, p. 353, ill.
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. 6, 59 (detail), pp. 16, 75.
Dauberville 2020
Dauberville, Guy-Patrice, and Floriane Dauberville. Paul Cezanne chez Bernheim-Jeune. Paris: Editions G-P.F. Dauberville & Archives Bernheim-Jeune, 2020, no. 217, ill., as Homme assis, Achille Emperaire.
Nagaï 2021b
Nagaï, Takanori. "Cezanne chez Gauguin." Aesthetics, nos. 23-24 (2021), p. 32, fig. 6.
Notes

The chair is the same one used in the large portrait of Cézanne's father (Louis-Auguste Cezanne, père de l'artiste, lisant L'Événement, 1866 autumn (402)), indicating that it was painted at the Jas de Bouffan  The painting was submitted to the Salon of 1870 and rejected; it appeared in a caricature by Stock.  Eugène Boch bought the portrait in 1891 from père Tanguy for 800 francs on the advice of Emile Bernard.

Portrait du peintre Achille Emperaire, 1867–68 (FWN 423). Caricature by Stock
Caricature by Stock

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Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Portrait du peintre Achille Emperaire, 1867–68 (FWN 423)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=149 (accessed on April 19, 2024).