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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Tony Querrec; © RMN-Grand Palais (Musée d'Orsay)
FWN 1705
Portrait d'Achille Emperaire
1867–70
Alternate titles: Achille Emperaire; Bildnis Achille Emperaire; Bildnis des Achille Empéreire [sic]; Portrait of Achille Emperaire; Portrait of Achille Empéraire [sic] - Portrait d'Achille Empéraire [sic]; Portrait von Achille Emperaire; Ritratto di Achille Emperaire
Chappuis (230); Venturi (1195): 1867–70
Charcoal graphite and white color on laid paper
19 3/4 x 12 7/16 in. (50.1 x 31.6 cm)
Provenance
Exhibition History
Musée de l'Orangerie, Paris, Cézanne, May 20–October 11, 1936, no. 141, as Portrait d'Achille Emperaire, c. 1867, lent by Adrien Chappuis, Paris.
Kunsthalle, Basel, Switzerland, Paul Cézanne, August 30–October 12, 1936, no. 99, ill. in b/w, as Bildnis des Achille Empéreire [sic], c. 1870, lent by Adrien Chappuis, Paris.
San Francisco Museum of Art, San Francisco, Paul Cézanne: Exhibition of Paintings, Water-colors, Drawings and Prints, September 1–October 4, 1937, no. 54, ill., as Portrait d'Achille Emperaire, 1867-70, lent by Chappuis.
Wildenstein Galleries, London, Homage to Paul Cézanne, July 1939, no. 75, as Portrait of Achille Emperaire, c. 1868, leA. Cahppuis.
Orangerie, Paris, Vingt ans d'acquisitions au musée du Louvre 1947-1967, December 1967–March 1968, no. 450, as Portrait d'Achille Emperaire.
Orangerie, Paris, Cézanne dans les musées nationaux, July 19–October 14, 1974, extended until October 28, no. 50, ill., as Portrait d'Achille Emperaire, 1867-1870.
Kunsthalle, Tübingen, Germany, Paul Cézanne - Das zeichnerische Werk, October 21–December 31, 1978, no. 32, ill. p. 125, as Bildnis Achille Emperaire, 1868-1870, lent by Musée du Louvre, Paris.
Royal Academy of Arts, London, Cézanne: The Early Years 1859–1872, April 22–August 21, 1988, no. 80, ill., as Portrait d'Achille Emperaire, 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. 21, ill. in color, p. 119, as Achille Emperaire, c. 1869-1870, lent by Musée d'Orsay, Paris, shown in Philadelphia only. Traveled to: Tate Gallery, London, February 8–April 28, 1996; Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, May 26–September 1, 1996.
Musée de l'Orangerie, Paris, Les archives de rêve. Dessins du musée d'Orsay – Carte blanche à Werner Spies, March 25–June 30, 2014, p. 44 and 421, ill., as Portrait d'Achille Emperaire, 1867-1870 (Vienna ed.of cat.: p. 39 and 332, ill.) Traveled to: Albertina, Vienna, January 30–May 3, 2015 (Archiv der Träume. Meisterwerke aus dem Musée d'Orsay).
Published References
Meier-Graefe, Julius. Cézanne und sein Kreis: ein Beitrag zur Entwicklungsgeschichte: mit 171 Tonätzungen und einem Lichtdruck. Munich: R. Piper, 1922, ill. p. 91.
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 1195, ill. vol. II, as Portrait d'Achille Emperaire.
R.I. "Homage to Cézanne." The Burlington Magazine for Connoisseurs 75, no. 437 (August 1939), p. 77, ill. p. 78, as Portrait of Achille Emperaire, c. 1868.
Novotny, Fritz. Cézanne. London: Phaidon Press, 1947, pl. 107, as Portrait of Achille Empéraire [sic] - Portrait d'Achille Empéraire [sic], 1867-70, A. Chappuis, Paris.
Berger, Klaus. Französische Meisterzeichnungen des neunzehnten Jarhunderts. Basel, 1949, p. 27, no. 45, ill., as Achille Emperaire, before 1870.
Andersen, Wayne V. "Cézanne's Portrait Drawings from the 1860's." Master Drawings, vol. 5, no. 3 (Autumn 1967), p. 272, pl. 19.
"[Aquisitions des musées du monde entier]." La Chronique des arts: supplément à la Gazette des beaux-arts, no. 1189 (February 1968), no. 66, p. 19, ill., as Portrait d'Achille Emperaire, c. 1868.
Andersen, Wayne V. Cézanne's Portrait Drawings. Cambridge, MA, London: MIT Press, 1970, no. 218, ill.
Sérullaz, Maurice and Arlette. L’ottocento francese. Milano: Fratelli Fabbri, 1970, p. 93, ill. fig. 37 p. 76, as Ritratto di Achille Emperaire.
Chappuis, Adrien. The Drawings of Paul Cézanne: A Catalogue Raisonné. Greenwich, CT: New York Graphic Society, 1973, no. 230, ill., as Portrait of Achille Emperaire.
Adhémar, Hélène. "Cézanne dans les collections des musées nationaux." La Revue du Louvre et des musées de France, no. 3 (1974), fig. 7 p. 220, as Portrait d'Achille Emperaire.
Tobien, Felicitas. Paul Cézanne. Ramerding: Berghaus, 1981, ill. p. 60, as Portrait von Achille Emperaire, 1867-70.
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. 149.
Mráz, Bohumír. Aquarelles et dessins impressinnistes. [Gennevilliers]: Ars Mundi, 1987, pl. 78, listed p. 203, as Portrait d'Achille Emperaire, 1868, Privat collection, Paris.
Koepplin, Dieter. Paul Cézanne: Die Basler Zeichnungen. Basel: Kunstmuseum, 1988, ill. p. 16.
Gowing, Lawrence. Paul Cézanne: The Basel Sketchbooks. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1988. Exhibition catalogue, fig. 7 p. 17, listed p. 145.
Düchting, Hajo. Paul Cézanne: Natur wird Kunst. Cologne: Benedict Taschen Verlag, 1989, p. 50, ill.
Coutagne, Denis, et al. Les Sites Cézanniens du Pays d'Aix: Hommage à John Rewald. Paris: Réunion des musées nationaux, 1996, p. 64.
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. 68.
Pissarro, Joachim. Pioneering Modern Painting: Cézanne & Pissarro 1865–85. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 2005. Exhibition catalogue, p. 47, fig. 36.
Prat, Louis-Antoine. Le Dessin français au XIXe siècle. Paris: Somogy Editions d'Art, 2011, p. 604, no. 1443, ill. in color, as Portrait d'Achille Emperaire, c. 1867-1870.
Elderfield, John, Mary Morton, Xavier Rey. Cézanne Portraits. Paris: Musée d'Orsay and Editions Gallimard, 2017. Exhibition catalogue, p. 82, fig. 31.
Elderfield, John, Mary Morton, Xavier Rey. Cézanne Portraits. London and Princeton, N,J.: National Portrait Gallery Publications and Princeton University Press, 2017. Exhibition catalogue, fig. 31.
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, fig. 58 p. 74.
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Record last updated May 31, 2019. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Portrait d'Achille Emperaire, 1867–70 (FWN 1705)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1884 (accessed on May 2, 2025).
