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 1515
Le Château de Fontainebleau
1904–05
Alternate titles: Château de Fontainebleau; Château de Montegeroult; Das Schloss von Fontaineblau; Vue du château de Montgeroult
Rewald (W628); Venturi revised: 1898; Venturi (925): 1899; Ratcliffe: 1904–05
Graphite and watercolor on paper
17 5/16 x 21 5/8 in. (44 x 55 cm)
Private collection, Germany
Provenance
Private collection, Paris
Hôtel Drouot, Paris, France, March 9, 1961, no. A (ill. as from the collection of the late M. Farra)
Private collection, Germany
Exhibition History
Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, Cézanne, May 18–29, 1931.
Knoedler Galleries, New York, Cézanne Watercolors, April 2–20, 1963, no. 43, pl. XLIII, (dated 1895-1900), as Château de Fontainebleau, 1895-1900, lent by Heinz Berggruen, Paris.
Museum Fridericianum, Kassel, Germany, Documenta III, Internationale Ausstellung, Handzeichnungen, June 27–October 5, 1964, no. 1, ill., p. 30.
Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, Aquarelles de Cézanne: au profit de la fondation des journalistes, January 12–March 13, 1971, no. 12, as Château de Fontainebleau, 1895-1900, coll. Heinz Berggruen, Paris.
Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom, Watercolour and Pencil Drawings by Cézanne, September 19–November 4, 1973, no. 100, ill. in b/w, and ill. in color p. 17, catalogue note: p. 170, as Château de Fontainebleau, lent by Private collection, Paris. Traveled to: Hayward Gallery, London, November 13–December 30, 1973.
National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, Cézanne, March 30–May 19, 1974, no. 85, ill., as Le Château de Fontainebleau, 1904-05, lent by Heinz Berggruen,Paris. Traveled to: Municipal Museum, Kyoto, Japan, June 1–July 17, 1974; Cultural Center, Fukuoka, Japan, July 24–August 18, 1974.
Fondation Beyeler, Riehen/Basel, Switzerland, Cézanne und die Moderne, October 10, 1999–January 9, 2000, no. 48, ill. in color, p. 46, as Le Château de Fontainebleau, 1904/05, lent by Private collection.
Nationalgalerie Berlin, Berlin, Cézanne in Berlin. 28 Werke aus den Staatlichen Museen und aus Privatbesitz, October 6, 2000–January 14, 2001, no. 26, ill.
Kunsthalle Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany, Cézanne, Renoir, Picasso & Co., September 17, 2011–January 29, 2012, listed p. 283, ill. p. 73, as Das Schloss von Fontaineblau, 1905, lent by Private collection.
Staatliche Kunsthalle, Karlsruhe, Germany, Cézanne - Metamorphosen, October 28, 2017–February 11, 2018, no. 97, ill.
Museum of Modern Art, New York, Cézanne Drawing, June 6–September 25, 2021, pl. 188, Private collection.
Published References
Lehel, Ferenc. Morphologie comparée des arts: avec une esquisse d'un système évolutif. Paris: Edition de Style, 1930, pp. 95-96, fig. 67 pl. XXI, as Aquarelle de Paul Cézanne.
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 925, ill. vol. II, as Château de Montegeroult.
Novotny, Fritz. Cézanne und das Ende der wissenschaftlichen Perspektive. Vienna: Anton Schroll, 1938, list of motifs: no. 116.
Sérullaz, Maurice. Cézanne: quinze aquarelles reproduites en facsimilé. Paris: Daniel Jacomet, 1971, pl. 11, as Vue du château de Montgeroult, 1899.
Wadley, Nicholas. "Cézanne Water-colours and Drawings at the Hayward Gallery." The Burlington Magazine 115, no. 849 (December 1973), p. 831, fig. 108.
Rawson, Philipp. "Intimate Scaffolding'/Cézanne's Drawings and Watercolors." International Studio (January 1974), p. 25, ill.
Rubin, William, ed. Cézanne: The Late Work. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1977. Exhibition catalogue, pl. 107.
Rewald, John. Paul Cézanne: The Watercolors, A Catalogue Raisonné. Boston: Little, Brown; London: Thames & Hudson, 1983, no. 628, ill.
Rewald, John. Cézanne: A Biography. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1986, p. 260, ill., as Le Château de Fontainebleau, 1904-1905.
Lebensztejn, Jean-Claude. Études cézanniennes. Paris: Flammarion, 2006, p. 79, fig. 32.
Dauberville, Guy-Patrice, and Floriane Dauberville. Paul Cezanne chez Bernheim-Jeune. Paris: Editions G-P.F. Dauberville & Archives Bernheim-Jeune, 2020, no. 313, ill., as Château de Montegeroult , 1899.
Record last updated March 17, 2021. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Le Château de Fontainebleau, 1904–05 (FWN 1515)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1611 (accessed on May 1, 2025).
