The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne
An online catalogue raisonné under the direction of Walter Feilchenfeldt, Jayne Warman and David Nash
Catalogue entry
FWN 434
Portrait de l'artiste
c.1875
Alternate titles: Autoportrait; Le Peintre lui-même; Portrait de Cézanne, par lui-même; Portrait du maître; Portrait of the Artist; The portrait of the painter himself
Rewald: (182) c.1875; Venturi revised: c.1875; Venturi: (288) 1875–76; Gowing: c.1873 (Edinburgh) and perhaps 1872 (Burlington)
Oil on canvas
25 3/16 x 20 7/8 in. (64 x 53 cm)
Provenance
Exhibition History
Villa Boschoord (Bezuidenhout), The Hague, the Netherlands, Eerste Internationale Tentoonstelling, May 9–June 12, 1901, no. 23, as Portrait de l'artiste, lent by Hoogendijk.
Moderne Kunstkring, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Internationale tentoonstelling van moderne kunst, October 6–November 5, 1911, no. 1, as Le Peintre lui-même, Hoogendijk collection.
Paul Rosenberg, Paris, Les Maîtres du siècle passé, May 3–June 3, 1922, no. 5, (dated 1877), as Portrait de l'artiste, lent by H.J. Laroche.
Hôtel de la curiosité et des beaux-arts, Paris, Première exposition de collectionneurs, Au profit de la Société des Amis de Luxembourg, March 10–April 10, 1924, no. 133, as Portrait de l'artiste, l, lent by Laroche.
Galerie Pigalle, Paris, Exposition Cèzanne, 1839–1906, January 4–February 7, 1930, no. 31, ill., as Portrait de Cézanne, par lui-même, lent by Henri-Jean Laroche.
Paul Rosenberg, Paris, Exposition Cézanne (1839-1906), organisée à l'occasion de son centenaire au profit de l’œuvre de l'allaitement maternel, February 21–April 1, 1939, no. 4, ill., as Portrait de l'artiste, 1876, lent by Jacques Laroche.
Rosenberg & Helft, London, Exhibition Cézanne (1839-1906) to celebrate his centenary, April 19–May 20, 1939, no. 3, (dated 1876), lent by J. Laroche.
Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, Cinquante ans de peinture française dans les collections particulières de Cézanne à Matisse, March–April 1952, no. 26, pl. 42, as Portrait de l'artiste, c. 1845-1876.
Orangerie, Paris, Monticelli et le baroque provençal, June 19–September 15, 1953, no. 19, as Portrait de l'artiste, c. 1875-1877, lent by Private collection, Paris.
Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, Paintings by Cézanne, August 20–September 18, 1954, no. 11, (dated c.1873), lent by Jacques Laroche. Traveled to: Tate Gallery, London, September 29–October 27, 1954.
Kunstnerforbundet, Oslo, Norway, Paul Cézanne, November 13–December 1, 1954, no. 5.
Orangerie, Paris, Cézanne dans les musées nationaux, July 19–October 14, 1974, no. 17.
Museo Español de Arte Contemporáneo, Madrid, Paul Cézanne, March–April 1984, no. 10.
Royal Academy of Arts, London, Cézanne: The Early Years 1859–1872, April 22–August 21, 1988, no. 63, ill. Traveled to: Musée d'Orsay, Cézanne: les années de jeunesse 1859-1872, Paris, September 19–January 1, 1988. National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C, January 29–April 30, 1989.
Grand Palais, Paris, Cézanne, September 26, 1995–January 14, 1996, no. 34, ill. Traveled to: Tate Gallery, London, February 8–April 28, 1996. Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, May 26–September 1, 1996.
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, Pioneering Modern Painting: Cézanne & Pissarro 1865–1885, June 26–September 12, 2005, no. 13, ill., p. 92 (dated 1873–76), as Portrait de l'artiste. Traveled to: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, October 20, 2005–September 12, 2006. Musée d'Orsay, Paris, February 27–May 28, 2006.
Palazzo Reale, Milan, Cézanne: Les ateliers du midi, October 20, 2011–February 26, 2012, no. 17, ill., as Portrait de l'artiste.
National Art Center, Tokyo, Cézanne: Paris-Provence, March 28–May 11, 2012, no. 62, ill.
Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest, Hungary, Cézanne and the Past: Tradition and Creativity, October 25, 2012–February 17, 2013, no. 47, ill.
Musée Gustave Courbet, Ornans, France, Courbet/Cézanne: La vérité en peinture, June 29–October 14, 2013, no. 4, ill.
Kimbell Museum of Art, Fort Worth, Texas, Faces of Impressionism: Portraits from the Musée d'Orsay, October 19, 2014–January 25, 2015, no. 31, ill., pp. 130–32 (dated 1881–82), as Portrait of the Artist.
Musée d'Orsay, Paris, Cézanne Portraits, June 13–September 24, 2017, no. 16, ill.
Musée d'Orsay, Paris, Cézanne Portraits, June 13–September 24, 2017, no. 5.1, ill. Traveled to: National Portrait Gallery, London, October 26, 2017–February 11, 2018. National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C, March 25–July 1, 2018.
Published References
M.[ax] D.[itmar] H.[enkel]. "Das Rijkesmuseum für Moderne Kunst zu Amsterdam." Kunstchronik: Wochenschrift für Kunst und Kunstgewerbe Neue Folge XXI, no. 13 (January 14, 1910), col. 213, as Selbstbildnis.
Riemsdijk, Barthold Willem Floris van. Catalogue of the Pictures, Miniatures, Pastels, Framed Drawings etc. at the Rijks-Museum at Amsterdam. Amsterdam: Roeloffzen-Hübner and Van Santen, 1910, p. 425, no. 688D as The portrait of the painter himself.
Catalogue des tableaux, miniatures, pastels, dessins encadrés, etc. du Musée de l'État à Amsterdam. Amsterdam: Roeloffzen-Hübner et Van Santen, 1911, p. 99, no. 688D as Le Peintre lui-même.
Janneau, Guillaume. "Les grandes expositions: maîtres du siècle passé." La Renaissance de l'art français et des industries de luxe (Paris), vol. 5, no. 5 (May 1922), p. 342 as Portrait du maître.
Fry, Roger. Cézanne: A Study of His Development. New York: Macmillan, 1927, pp. 22 and 56, fig. 8, pl. VI.
Wencker, Tilly. "Château Noir." Kunst und Künstler 27, no. 6 (1929), ill. p. 229.
Neugass, Fritz. "Paul Cézanne." Der Cicerone 22 , no. 4 (1930), pp. 107-108, before 1873.
Alexandre, Arsène. "L'Exposition Cézanne à la galerie du Théâtre Pigalle." La Renaissance (Paris; New York), vol. 13, no. 1 (January 1930), p. 75 as Portrait de Cézanne, par lui-même.
Gasquet, Joachim. Cézanne. Berlin: B. Cassirer, 1930, ill. opp. p. 128.
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 288, ill. vol. II as Portrait de l'artiste.
Rewald, John. Cézanne et Zola. Paris: Editions A. Sedrowski, 1936, fig. 42.
Bagarry, Adrien-Pierre. "Le centenaire de Cézanne." La Renaissance (Paris), vol. 22, no. 1 (March 1939), p. 3, ill. as Portrait de l'artiste, 1867, J. Laroche collection.
Jaloux, Edmond. "Cézanne." Marianne: grand hebdomadaire politique et littéraire illustré (Paris) (February 22, 1939), ill. p. 12 as Portrait de l'artiste.
Rewald, John. Cézanne, sa vie, son œuvre, son amitié pour Zola. Paris: Albin Michel, 1939, fig. 41.
Rewald, John. The History of Impressionism. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1946, p. 290, ill.
Rewald, John. Paul Cézanne: A Biography. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1948, fig. 56.
Rewald, John. Cézanne. London: Phoenix House, 1950, fig. 41.
Rewald, John. The History of Impressionism. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1961, p. 362, ill.
"[Aquisitions des musées du monde entier]." La Chronique des arts: supplément à la Gazette des beaux-arts (Paris; New York: [Gazette des beaux-arts]), no. 1213 (February 1970), p. 19, no. 95, ill. as Autoportrait.
Huyghe, René. Impressionism. London: Bracken Books, 1971, p. 234, ill.
Schapiro, Meyer. Paul Cézanne. Translated by Louis-Marie Ollivier. Paris: Nouvelles Editions Françaises, 1973, frontispiece.
Barskaya, Anna. Paul Cézanne. Leningrad: Aurora Art Publishers, 1975, p. 165, ill.
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne. Geneva: Skira, 1978, p. 59, ill.
Reff, Theodore. "The Pictures within Cézanne's Pictures." Arts Magazine 53, no. 10 (June 1979), fig. 6.
Bonafoux, Pascal. Les Impressionnistes portraits et confidences. Geneva: Skira, 1986, p. 96, ill.
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. 113, ill. as Portrait de l'artiste, c. 1873-76.
Rewald, John. Cézanne: A Biography. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1986, p. 104, ill.
Kendall, Richard, ed. Cézanne: By Himself. London: Macdonald, 1988, p. 32, ill.
Lévêque, Jean Jacques. La Vie et l'oeuvre de Paul Cézanne. Courbevoie: ACR, 1988, p. 91, ill. in color.
Plazy, Gilles. Cézanne ou la peinture absolue. Paris: Editions Liana Levi, 1988, p. 38, ill. in color.
Kendall, Richard. The History and Techniques of the Great Master Cézanne. London: Tiger Books International, 1989, p. 23, ill.
Verdi, Richard. Cézanne and Poussin: The Classical Vision of Landscape. Edinburgh: National Gallery of Scotland, 1990. Exhibition catalogue, fig. 30.
Gasquet, Joachim. Joachim Gasquet's Cézanne. Translated by C. Pemberton. London and New York: Thames & Hudson, 1991, p. 6, ill.
Heijbroek, J. "Het Rijksmuseum voor Moderne Kunst van Willem Steenhoff. Werkelijkheid of utopie?" Bulletin van het Rijksmuseum 39 (1991), fig. 25.
Henkels, Herbert. "Cézanne en Van Gogh in het Rijksmuseum voor Moderne Kunst in Amsterdam: De collectie van Cornelis Hoogendijk (1866–1911)." Bulletin van het Rijksmuseum 41, nos. 3–4 (1993), ill. on back cover.
Bonafoux, Pascal. Cézanne: portrait. Paris: Editions Hazan, 1995, p. 50, ill.
Coutagne, Denis. Cézanne en Provence. Paris: Editions Assouline, 1995.
Dossier de l'art. no. 25, Cézanne. Dijon: Editions Faton, September - October 1995, ill. front inside cover.
Patin, Sylvie. Cézanne. Paris: Editions Hazan, 1995, p. 47.
Coutagne, Denis, et al. Les Sites Cézanniens du Pays d'Aix: Hommage à John Rewald. Paris: Réunion des musées nationaux, 1996, p. 128.
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. 182, ill. vol. 2 as Portrait de l'artiste.
Kitschen, Friederike. "Cézannes Hüte. Zu einigen Selbstbildnissen von Paul Cézanne." Pantheon, Internationale Jahreszeitschrift für Kunst 66 (1998), p. 122, ill.
Platzman, Steven. Cézanne: The Self-Portraits. Berkeley: University of California, 2001, pp. 81–83, 196, fig. 4 as Portrait de l'artiste.
Lewis, Mary Tompkins. "The Path to Les Lauves: A History of Cézanne's Studios." In Atelier Cézanne, 1902–2002: Le centenaire. Aix-en-Provence: Société Paul Cézanne, 2002, fig. 14, ill. in color.
Feilchenfeldt, Walter. "Cézannes Sammler. Von Zola bis Annenberg." In "By Appointment Only": Schriften zu Kunst und Kunsthandel,
Cézanne und Van Gogh. Wädenswil: Nimbus, 2005, p. 170, ill.
Farber, Jules B. Autour de Cézanne. Sommières: Romain Pages, 2006, p. 87, ill. in color.
Lebensztejn, Jean-Claude. Études cézanniennes. Paris: Flammarion, 2006, p. 23, fig, 6 as Autoportrait, dated circa 1872–76.
Mothe, Alain, et al. Cézanne à Auvers-sur-Oise. Saint-Ouen-L'Aumône: editions du Valharmeil, 2006, p. 11, ill.
Machotka, Pavel. Cézanne: The Eye and the Mind, 2 vols. Marseille: Editions Crès, 2008, vol. 1, fig. 116; vol. 2, p. 91 as Portrait de l'artiste.
Sidlauskas, Susan. Cézanne's Other: The Portraits of Hortense. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2009, p. 181, fig. 57 as Portrait de l'artiste, c. 1877–80.
Chiappini, Rudy. "Quel silenzio, in attesa del tempo della rivelazione." In Cézanne: Les ateliers du midi. Milan: Skira, 2011. Exhibition catalogue, p. 20, ill. (detail).
Rubin, James. "Armand Guillaumin et Paul Cézanne en Île-de-France." In Cézanne et Paris. Paris: Éditions de la Rmn-Grand Palais, 2011. Exhibition catalogue, p. 67, fig. 31 as Portrait de l'artiste, dated circa 1873–75.
Société Paul Cézanne. P. Cézanne: À Paris et en Île de France. ed, Denis Coutagne. Marseille: Éditions Crès, 2011, p. 35, ill. as Portrait de l'artiste, with Guillaumin landscape (p. 34).
Chiappini, Rudy. "I temi prediletti del padre della modernità." In Cézanne e gli artisti italiani del '900. Milan: Skira, 2013. Exhibition catalogue, p. 100, fig. 6.
Notes
The painting behind the artist is by Armand Guillaumin, La Seine à Paris, 1871 (Museum of Fine Arts, Houston). Rewald (1996, p. 143) compares Cézanne's image to a photograph from about 1875 and a painting by Camille Pissarro, Portrait de Paul Cézanne, 1874 (National Gallery, London, on loan from Laurence Graff, OBE).
Armand Guillaumin, La Seine à Paris, 1871, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.
Camille Pissarro, Portrait de Paul Cézanne, 1874. National Gallery, London (On loan from Laurence Graff OBE)
Record last updated February 4, 2021. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Feilchenfeldt, Walter, Jayne Warman, and David Nash. "Portrait de l'artiste, c.1875 (FWN 434)." The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. https://www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=188 (accessed on March 3, 2021).
