Catalogue entry

FWN 53

La Neige fondue à l'Estaque – Les Toits rouges

c.1870

Alternate titles: Die roten Dächer; La Neige fondante à l'Estaque; La neige fondante ou Les toits rouges; La Neige fondue; La Neige fondue à L'Estaque; Les Toits rouges; Maisons vers les fours à chaux, à l'Estaque; Melting Snow at L'Estaque; Paysage (le neige fondue à l'Estaque); Schneeschmelze in L'Estaque; The Thaw in L'Estaque or The Red Roofs; Winter Landscape; Winterlandschaft

Rewald (157): c.1870; Venturi revised: c.1870; Venturi (51): c.1870; Rivière: 1870; Vollard: 1870 (1914) and c.1865 (1931); Cooper: (Bührle): 1870–71; Ratcliffe: beginning of 1870

Oil on canvas

28 11/16 x 36 3/16 in. (73 x 92 cm)

Vollard A stockbook: no. 4088, huile; peupliers[?] effet de neige, maison rouge, 73 x 92 cm

Vollard B stockbook: no. 3813, Paysage noir avec toits rouges au fond, 73 x 92 cm (300 frs)

Vollard archives: photo no. 30, Annotated by Cezanne's son: 1868

Private collection

Keywords

Locales
Southern France:
- L'Estaque »
Landscape
Natural motifs:
- snow / neige »
Landscape
Man-made motifs:
- house(s) / maison(s) »

Provenance

Ambroise Vollard, Paris

Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, (February 7, 1911)

Auguste Pellerin, Paris (February 8, 1911);

Jean-Victor Pellerin, Paris

Wildenstein Galleries, Paris, London, and New York

Emil Georg Bührle, Zurich (Sept. 10, 1953);

Hortense And-Bührle, Zurich (1960);

Private collection (2014)

Exhibition History

1935 Brussels

Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, L'Impressionnisme, June 15–September 29, 1935, no. 11, as La Neige fondue, lent by J.V. Pellerin.

1936c Paris

Musée de l'Orangerie, Paris, Cézanne, May 20–October 11, 1936, no. 13, as La Neige fondante à l'Estaque, lent by Pellerin.

1938b Amsterdam

Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Honderd jaar Fransche kunst, July 2–September 25, 1938, no. 4, ill., as La Neige fondante à l'Estaque, lent by Pellerin.

1939 Belgrade

Palais du Prince Paul, Belgrade, Serbia, La Peinture française au XIXe siècle, March–April 1939, no. 4, as La Neige fondue à L'Estaque, lent by Pellerin, Paris.

1939 Lyon

Musée de Lyon, Palais Saint-Pierre, Lyon, France, Centenaire de Paul Cézanne, May 7–June 18, 1939, no. 9, pl. III, lent by Pellerin.

1939d London

Wildenstein Galleries, London, Homage to Paul Cézanne, July 1939, no. 11, lent by Pellerin.

1947a New York

Wildenstein Galleries, New York, Summer Exhibition, 1947, no. 3.

1947b New York

Wildenstein Galleries, New York, Cézanne, March 27–April 26, 1947, no. 4, ill. lent by Wildenstein.

1952 Chicago and traveling

The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Cézanne: Paintings, Watercolors & Drawings, A Loan Exhibition, February 7–March 16, 1952, no. 13, ill. lent by Wildenstein. Traveled to: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, April 1–May 16, 1952.

1958 Zurich

Kunsthaus, Zurich, Sammlung Emil G. Bührle, June 8–September 30, 1958, no. 215, pl. 62.

1958 Berlin

Schloss Charlottenburg, Berlin, Französische Malerei von Manet bis Matisse aus der Sammlung Emil G. Bührle / Zürich, October 5–November 23, 1958, no. 6, ill., as Schneeschmelze in L'Estaque, 1870/71.

1958–59 Munich

Haus der Kunst, Munich, Hauptwerke der Sammlung E.G. Bührle, December 1958–February 1959, no. 13.

1961 Edinburgh and traveling

National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, Masterpieces of French Painting from the Bührle Collection, August 19–September 17, 1961, no. 31, ill., p. 18b. Traveled to: National Gallery, London, 1961.

1963 Hamburg

Kunstverein, Hamburg, Germany, Wegbereiter der modernen Malerei: Cézanne, Gauguin, van Gogh, Seurat, May 4–July 14, 1963, no. 3, pl. 11, as Schneeschmelze in L'Estaque, 1870-71, lent by Bührle, Zurich.

1963 Lucerne

Kunstmuseum, Lucerne, Switzerland, Sammlung Emil Georg Bühle: Französische Meister von Delacroix bis Matisse, August–October 1963, no. 32.

1990 Washington, D.C. and traveling

National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., The Passionate Eye: Impressionist and Other Master Paintings from the Collection of Emil G. Bührle, Zürich, May 6–July 15, 1990, no. 38, ill., as The Thaw in L'Estaque or The Red Roofs, lent by Private collection. Traveled to: Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal, August 3–October 14, 1990; Yokohama Museum of Art, Yokohama, Japan, November 2, 1990–January 13, 1991; Royal Academy of Arts, London, February 1–April 9, 1991.

1993 Tübingen

Kunsthalle, Tübingen, Germany, Cézanne Gemälde, January 16–May 2, 1993, no. 8, ill.

2004–05 Essen

Museum Folkwang, Essen, Germany, Cézanne: Aufbruch in die Moderne, September 18, 2004–January 16, 2005, listed p. 231, ill. p. 118, as La Neige fondue à l'Estaque – Les Toits rouges.

2017 Martigny

Fondation Pierre Gianadda, Martigny, Switzerland, Paul Cézanne: le chant de la terre, June 16–November 19, 2017, no. 15, ill. lent by Private collection.

Published References

Royère 1912

Royère, Jean. "Paul Cézanne, Erinnerungen." Kunst und Künstler 10, no. 10 (1912), ill. p. 482, as Winterlandschaft.

Meier-Graefe 1913

Meier-Graefe, Julius. Paul Cézanne. Munich: R. Piper & Co., 1913, ill. p. 65.

New York Times 1913

"A Private Collection in Germany That Contains Fourteen Examples of the Art of Paul Cezanne, a Great Modern, Who Already Is Placed with the Old Masters, in Darmstadt." New York Times, July 6, 1913, ill. p. 15, as Winter Landscape.

Vollard 1914

Vollard, Ambroise. Paul Cézanne. Paris: Vollard, 1914, pl. 9, as Les Toits rouges.

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. 99.

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. 114, as Die roten Dächer, 1870.

Rivière 1923

Rivière, Georges. Le Maître Paul Cézanne. Paris: Librairie Floury, 1923, p. 199, as Maisons vers les fours à chaux, à l'Estaque.

Pfister 1927

Pfister, Kurt. Cézanne: Gestalt, Werk, Mythos. Potsdam: Gustav Kiepenheuer Verlag, 1927, fig. 23, as Winterlandschaft, 1870.

Fry 1927a

Fry, Roger. Cézanne: A Study of His Development. New York: Macmillan, 1927, pp. 22–23.

Vollard 1931

Vollard, Ambroise. "Souvenirs sur Cézanne." Cahiers d'art 6, nos. 9–10 (1931), p. 392, ill.

Lord 1935

Lord, Douglas. "Two Exhibitions at Brussels: II.-The Impressionists at the Palais des Beaux-Arts." The Burlington Magazine for Connoisseurs 67, no. 389 (August 1935), p. 87, as La Neige fondue.

Iavorskaia 1935a

Iavorskaia, Nina. Cézanne. Moscow: Ogiz-Izogiz, 1935, pl. 12.

Venturi 1935b

Venturi, Lionello. "Paul Cézanne." L'Arte 6, nos. 4 and 5 (July 1935), p. 299, fig. 2.

Raynal 1936

Raynal, Maurice. Cézanne. Paris: Editions de Cluny, 1936, pl. XXXV p. 64.

Huyghe 1936b

Huyghe, René. "Cézanne et son oeuvre." L'Amour de l'art 17, no. 5 (May 1936), fig. 41 p. 167, as La neige fondante ou Les toits rouges.

Venturi 1936b

Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 51, ill. vol. II, as La Neige fondue à L'Estaque.

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 La Neige fondante à l'Estaque.

Barnes and de Mazia 1939

Barnes, Albert C., and Violette de Mazia. The Art of Cézanne. New York: Harcourt Brace, 1939, no. 35, ill. p. 159 (analysis pp. 312–13).

Cogniat 1939a

Cogniat, Raymond. Cézanne. Paris: Pierre Tisné, 1939, pl. 17.

Rewald 1939b

Rewald, John. "Paul Cézanne: New Documents for the Years 1870–71." The Burlington Magazine for Connoisseurs 74, no. 433 (April 1939), pl. I fig. B, as Melting Snow at L'Estaque, c. 1871.

Dorival 1948

Dorival, Bernard. Cézanne. Paris: Pierre Tisné, 1948, pl. 27, listed p. 146.

Guerry 1950

Guerry, Liliane. Cézanne et l'expression de l'espace. Paris: Flammarion, 1950, pl. 10.

Venturi 1950a

Venturi, Lionello. Impressionists and Symbolists: Manet, Degas, Monet, Pissarro, Sisley, Renoir, Cézanne, Seurat, Gauguin, Van Gogh, Toulouse-Lautrec. New York: Scribner, 1950, fig. 119.

Schapiro 1952a

Schapiro, Meyer. Cézanne. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1952, pp. 38–39, ill.

Raynal 1954

Raynal, Maurice. Cézanne. Geneva: Skira, 1954, p. 26, ill.

Williams 1954

Williams, Forest. "Cézanne and French Phenomenology." Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism 12, no. 4 (June 1954), p. 482.

Badt 1956

Badt, Kurt. Die Kunst Cézannes. Munich: Prestel, 1956, pp. 199, 202.

Daulte 1956

Daulte, François. "La Collection Bührle." Connaissance des Arts 52 (June 1956), p. 34, ill.

Novotny 1961

Novotny, Fritz. Cézanne. London: Phaidon, 1961, pl. 6.

Wehrli 1963

"Emil G. Bührle." In Great Private Collections. New York: Macmillan, 1963, p. 224, ill.

Andersen 1964

Andersen, Wayne V. "A Cézanne Self-portrait Drawing Reidentified." The Burlington Magazine 105, no. 735 (June 1964), p. 285, winter 1870-71.

Guerry 1966

Guerry, Liliane. Cézanne et l'expression de l'espace. Paris: Albin-Michel, 1966, pl. 10.

Leonhard 1966

Leonhard, Kurt. Paul Cézanne in Selbstzeugnissen und Bilddokumenten. Rheinbek bei Hamburg: Rowohlt, 1966, p. 123, ill.

Brion 1971

Brion, Marcel. Cézanne. Milan: Fratelli Fabbri, 1971, ill. p. 29.

Cherpin et al. 1972

Cherpin, Jean et al. "L'Oeuvre gravé de Cézanne." Arts et Livres de Provence (Marseille) 82 (1972), ill. p. [19], as La Neige fondue à L'Estaque.

Schapiro 1973

Schapiro, Meyer. Paul Cézanne. Translated by Louis-Marie Ollivier. Paris: Nouvelles Editions Françaises, 1973, pl. 4, with comments.

Elgar 1975

Elgar, Frank. Cézanne. New York: Praeger, 1975, fig. 24.

Wadley 1975

Wadley, Nicholas. Cézanne and His Art. London: Hamlyn, 1975, pl. 23.

Venturi 1978

Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne. Geneva: Skira, 1978, p. 54, ill.

Barskaya 1983a

Barskaya, Anna and Evgenia Georgievskaia. Paul Cézanne: Bilder aus Museen der Sowjetunion. Leningrad: Aurora Art Publishers, 1983, ill. p. 28.

Rewald 1986b

Rewald, John. Cézanne: A Biography. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1986, p. 90, ill.

Kendall 1988

Kendall, Richard, ed. Cézanne: By Himself. London: Macdonald, 1988, p. 51, ill.

Düchting 1989

Düchting, Hajo. Paul Cézanne: Natur wird Kunst. Cologne: Benedict Taschen Verlag, 1989, p. 61, ill.

Lewis 1989

Lewis, Mary Tompkins. Cézanne's Early Imagery. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1989, p. 196, pl. XV.

Wadley 1989

Wadley, Nicholas. Cézanne and His Art. London: Hamlyn, 1989, p. 29, ill. in b/w.

Verdi 1992

Verdi, Richard. Cézanne. London and New York: Thames & Hudson, 1992, p. 56, fig. 42.

Patin 1995

Patin, Sylvie. Cézanne. Paris: Editions Hazan, 1995, p. 37.

Schmitt 1995

Schmitt, Evmarie. Cézanne in der Provence. München and New York: Prestel, 1995, p. 40.

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. 157, ill. vol. 2, as La Neige fondue à l'Estaque – Les Toits rouges.

Lewis 2000

Lewis, Mary Tompkins. Cézanne. London: Phaidon, 2000, p. 98, fig. 54.

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. 111, fig. 3.9, as La Neige fondue à l'Estaque – Les Toits rouges.

Serrano 2006

Serrano, Véronique. "Cézanne's L'Estaque: Something More Secret." In Cézanne in Provence. Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art; New Haven: Yale University Press, 2006. Exhibition catalogue, p. 157, fig. 7, as La Neige fondue à l'Estaque – Les Toits rouges.

Blanc 2013

Blanc, Geneviève. L'Estaque, Art et Patrimoine, Chronique d'une double histoire. Gémenos: Groupe Horizon, 2013, p. 160, ill.

Machotka 2014

Machotka, Pavel. Cézanne: Landscape into Art. Prague: Arbor Vitae, 2014, p. 68, fig. 13a, with color photo of motif, fig. 13b, as La Neige fondue à L'Estaque.

Blanc 2019

Blanc, Geneviève. L'Oeuvre de Cezanne à L'Estaque, Huiles – Aquarelles – Dessins, 1864–1885. Marseille: Éditions Gaussen, 2019, fig. 16 (discussion p. 20), as La Neige fondue à l'Estaque – Les Toits rouges.

Blanc 2020

Blanc, Geneviève. Et si L'Estaque m'était contée? [privately published], 2020, p. 149, ill. with contemporary photo of houses on the hill.

Dauberville 2020

Dauberville, Guy-Patrice, and Floriane Dauberville. Paul Cezanne chez Bernheim-Jeune. Paris: Editions G-P.F. Dauberville & Archives Bernheim-Jeune, 2020, no. 132, ill., as Paysage (le neige fondue à l'Estaque).

Gloor 2021

Gloor, Lukas. "Der Bestand der Sammlung Emil Bührle: Illustrierte Liste aller 633 Käufe." In Die Sammlung Emil Bührle: Geschichte, Gesamtkatalog und 70 Meisterwerke. München: Hirmer, 2021, p. 272, no. 308, fig. 308 p. 273, as La Neige fondue à L'Estaque.

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Record last updated April 28, 2021. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.

Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "La Neige fondue à l'Estaque – Les Toits rouges, c.1870 (FWN 53)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=165 (accessed on April 18, 2024).