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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)
Catalogue entry
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
Paul Cézanne fils, Paris
Renou & Colle, Paris
Adrien Chappuis, Tresserve;
Musée du Louvre, Paris (Gift of Adrien Chappuis, 1967);
Musée d'Orsay, Paris
Exhibition History
1936c Paris
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.1936 Basel
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.1937 San Francisco
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.1939d London
Wildenstein Galleries, London, Homage to Paul Cézanne, July 1939, no. 75, as Portrait of Achille Emperaire, c. 1868, leA. Cahppuis.1967–1968a Paris
Orangerie, Paris, Vingt ans d'acquisitions au musée du Louvre 1947-1967, December 1967–March 1968, no. 450, as Portrait d'Achille Emperaire.1974b Paris
Orangerie, Paris, Cézanne dans les musées nationaux, July 19–October 14, 1974, extended until October 28, no. 50, ill., as Portrait d'Achille Emperaire, 1867-1870.1978 Tübingen
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.1988–89a London and traveling
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, 1989.1995–96 Paris and traveling
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, 1996.2014–15a Paris and traveling
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
Vollard 1914
Vollard, Ambroise. Paul Cézanne. Paris: Vollard, 1914, p. 17, ill.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. 91.Venturi 1936b
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 1195, ill. vol. II, as Portrait d'Achille Emperaire.Novotny 1937
Novotny, Fritz. Cézanne. Vienna: Phaidon, 1937, pl. 116.R.I. 1939
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 1947
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 1949
Berger, Klaus. Französische Meisterzeichnungen des neunzehnten Jarhunderts. Basel, 1949, p. 27, no. 45, ill., as Achille Emperaire, before 1870.Beucken 1962
Beucken, Jean de. Cézanne. New York: Viking Press, 1962, p. 25, ill.Andersen 1967b
Andersen, Wayne V. "Cézanne's Portrait Drawings from the 1860's." Master Drawings, vol. 5, no. 3 (Autumn 1967), p. 272, pl. 19.Gazette des beaux-arts 1968
"[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 1970
Andersen, Wayne V. Cézanne's Portrait Drawings. Cambridge, MA, London: MIT Press, 1970, no. 218, ill.Sérullaz 1970
Sérullaz, Maurice and Arlette. L’ottocento francese. Milano: Fratelli Fabbri, 1970, p. 93, ill. fig. 37 p. 76, as Ritratto di Achille Emperaire.Brion 1971
Brion, Marcel. Cézanne. Milan: Fratelli Fabbri, 1971, ill. p. 27.Chappuis 1973
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 1974a
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 1981
Tobien, Felicitas. Paul Cézanne. Ramerding: Berghaus, 1981, ill. p. 60, as Portrait von Achille Emperaire, 1867-70.Ely 1984
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 1987
Mráz, Bohumír. Aquarelles et dessins impressinnistes. [Gennevilliers]: Ars Mundi, 1987, pl. 78, listed p. 203, as Portrait d'Achille Emperaire, 1868, Privat collection, Paris.Kendall 1988
Kendall, Richard, ed. Cézanne: By Himself. London: Macdonald, 1988, p. 43, ill.Koepplin 1988
Koepplin, Dieter. Paul Cézanne: Die Basler Zeichnungen. Basel: Kunstmuseum, 1988, ill. p. 16.Gowing 1988b
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 1989
Düchting, Hajo. Paul Cézanne: Natur wird Kunst. Cologne: Benedict Taschen Verlag, 1989, p. 50, ill.Verdi 1992
Verdi, Richard. Cézanne. London and New York: Thames & Hudson, 1992, p. 42, fig. 28.Bonafoux 1995
Bonafoux, Pascal. Cézanne: portrait. Paris: Editions Hazan, 1995, p. 186, ill.Coutagne et al. 1996
Coutagne, Denis, et al. Les Sites Cézanniens du Pays d'Aix: Hommage à John Rewald. Paris: Réunion des musées nationaux, 1996, p. 64.Lewis 2004
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 2005
Pissarro, Joachim. Pioneering Modern Painting: Cézanne & Pissarro 1865–85. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 2005. Exhibition catalogue, p. 47, fig. 36.Prat 2011
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, Morton, Rey 2017
Elderfield, John, Mary Morton, Xavier Rey. Cézanne Portraits. Paris: Musée d'Orsay and Editions Gallimard, 2017. Exhibition catalogue, p. 82, fig. 31.Elderfield, Morton, Rey 2017a
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.Société Paul Cezanne 2019
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.Related
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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 5, 2024).
