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)
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Claude Almodovar; © Claude ALMODOVAR / musée Granet, Ville d’Aix-en-Provence
FWN 2077
Académie d'homme
1862
Alternate titles: Academie d'homme nu; Academie masculine; Homme nu; Homme nu debout et vu de face (Etude d'Académie); Male nude; Nu académique; Standing Male Nude: Academic Study; Stehender männlicher Akt; Studie van mannelijk naakt
Chappuis (76); Venturi (1162): 1859–62
Graphite on paper
24 5/8 x 18 13/16 in. (62.5 x 47.8 cm)
Signed and dated: P. Cezanne 1862 on the verso
Provenance
Exhibition History
Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom, Watercolour and Pencil Drawings by Cézanne, September 19–November 4, 1973, no. 1, ill. in b/w, catalogue note: p. 149, as Male nude, lent by Musée Granet, Aix-en-Provence. Traveled to: Hayward Gallery, London, November 13–December 30, 1973.
Kunsthalle, Tübingen, Germany, Paul Cézanne - Das zeichnerische Werk, October 21–December 31, 1978, no. 1, ill. p. 92, as Stehender männlicher Akt, 1862, lent by Musée Granet, Aix-en-Provence.
Musée Saint-Georges, Liège, Belgium, Cézanne, March 12–May 9, 1982, no. 36, ill., as Homme nu debout et vu de face (Etude d'Académie), 1862, lent by Musée Granet, Aix-en-Provence. Traveled to: Musée Granet, Aix-en-Provence, France, June 12–August 31, 1982 (exhibition catalogue; preface by Denis Coutagne).
Musée Granet, Aix-en-Provence, France, Cézanne, June 12–August 31, 1982, no. 36, ill., as Homme nu debout et vu de face (Etude d'Académie), 1862, lent by Musée Granet, Aix-en-Provence.
Royal Academy of Arts, London, Cézanne: The Early Years 1859–1872, April 22–August 21, 1988, no. 68, ill., as Homme nu, shown in Paris only. 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.
Grand Palais, Paris, Cézanne, September 26, 1995–January 14, 1996, no. 1, ill. in color, p. 80, as Académie d'homme, 1862, lent by Musée Granet, Aix-en-Provence. Traveled to: Tate Gallery, London, February 8–April 28, 1996; Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, May 26–September 1, 1996.
Musée Granet, Aix-en-Provence, France, Au fil de l'eau: Cézanne, June 17–September 15, 2000, no. 31, ill. p. 54, as Academie d'homme nu, 1862, lent by Musée Granet, Aix-en-Provence.
Musée Granet, Aix-en-Provence, France, Picasso, Cézanne, May 25–September 27, 2009, no. 5, ill., as Academie d'homme nu.
Gemeentemuseum, The Hague, the Netherlands, Cézanne, Picasso, Mondriaan: in nieuw perspectief, October 17, 2009–January 24, 2010, no. 2, ill., as Studie van mannelijk naakt, 1862, lent by Musée Granet, Aix-en-Provence.
Musée Granet, Aix-en-Provence, France, Cézanne at home, October 20, 2017–April 1, 2018.
Museum of Modern Art, New York, Cézanne Drawing, June 6–September 25, 2021, pl. 77, Musée Granet, Aix-en-Provence.
Published References
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 1162, ill. vol. II, as Nu académique.
Neumeyer, Alfred. Cézanne's Drawings. New York and London: Thomas Yoseloff, 1958, no. 1, ill.
Ikegami, Chuji. "The Drawings of Paul Cézanne." Bijutsushi 76 (1970), no. 76, p. 129, ill.
Chappuis, Adrien. The Drawings of Paul Cézanne: A Catalogue Raisonné. Greenwich, CT: New York Graphic Society, 1973, no. 76, ill., as Male nude.
Ely, Bruno. "Cézanne, L'Ecole de dessin et le Musée d'Aix." In Cézanne au Musée d'Aix. Aix-en-Provence: Musée Granet, 1984. Exhibition catalogue, ill. p. 159.
Coutagne, Denis, et al. "Catalogue des oeuvres de Cézanne conservées au musée Granet d'Aix-en-Provence." In Cézanne au Musée d'Aix. Aix-en-Provence: Musée Granet, 1984, pp. 236-237, no. 12, ill. p. 159.
Coutagne, Denis, et al. Les Sites Cézanniens du Pays d'Aix: Hommage à John Rewald. Paris: Réunion des musées nationaux, 1996, p. 218.
Farber, Jules B. Autour de Cézanne. Sommières: Romain Pages, 2006, p. 125, ill. in color.
Simms, Matthew. Cézanne's watercolors: between drawing and painting. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2008, p. 26, fig. 15.
Prat, Louis-Antoine. Le Dessin français au XIXe siècle. Paris: Somogy Editions d'Art, 2011, p. 601, no. 1436, ill. in color, as Academie masculine, 1862.
Notes
It should be noted that in spite of the artist's name and date on the versos of the academic drawings from this period (FWN2073-2079), it is by no means certain that Cezanne executed them. The name of the artist was often written by the professor to facilitate identification as there were many students in the same class drawing the same model.
Record last updated April 1, 2025. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Académie d'homme, 1862 (FWN 2077)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1723 (accessed on May 2, 2025).
