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)
FWN 142
Les Peupliers
1879–80
Alternate titles: I pioppi; Les peupliers; Peupliers; Poplars
Rewald (407): 1879–80; Venturi revised: c.1882; Venturi (335): 1879–82; Gowing: 1879; Ratcliffe: c.1880 (same as no. 143)
Oil on canvas
25 5/8 x 31 1/2 in. (65 x 80 cm)
Vollard A stockbook: no. 3316, Paysage tout vert; rideau d'arbres tenant les 3/4 du tableau. au premier plan une maçonnerie, de l'autre côté un petit chemin qui tourne, 65 x 81 cm (200 frs)
Provenance
Exhibition History
Kunsthalle, Basel, Switzerland, Paul Cézanne, August 30–October 12, 1936, no. 26, as Les Peupliers, c. 1880, lent by Musée du Louvre, Paris.
Musée d'Albi, Albi, France, Salon Annuel, 1941, no. 596, erroneously listed as previously owned by Caillebotte.
Kunstmuseum, Bern, Switzerland, Ecole de Paris, February 27–March 31, 1946, no. 1, as Les Peupliers, lent by Louvre.
Orangerie, Paris, Hommage à Cézanne, July 2–October 17, 1954, no. 42, lent by Musée du Louvre.
Musées nationaux, Brive-la-Gaillarde, France, Impressionnistes et précurseurs, 1955, no. 31, ill., as Les Peupliers, c. 1880, lent by Musée du Louvre, Paris. Traveled to: La Rochelle, 1955; Rennes, 1955; Angoulême, 1955.
Haags Gemeentemuseum, The Hague, the Netherlands, Paul Cézanne, June 1–August 1, 1956, no. 21, ill. lent by Louvre.
Österreichische Galerie, Belvedere, Vienna, Paul Cézanne, April 14–June 18, 1961, no. 13, pl. 9.
Pavillon de Vendôme, Aix-en-Provence, France, Exposition Cézanne: Tableaux, Aquarelles, Dessins, July 1–August 15, 1961, no. 5, pl. 3.
Orangerie, Paris, Cézanne dans les musées nationaux, July 19–October 14, 1974, extended until October 28, no. 26, ill. in b/w, as Les peupliers, c. 1880.
National Gallery - Waldstein Riding School, Prague, Od Courbeta k Cézannovi: obrazy z let 1848-1886 ze sbírek francouzských muzeí [From Courbet to Cézanne: paintings from 1848-1886, from the collections of French museums], September–October 1982, no. 17, ill. c. 1880. Traveled to: Nationalgalerie - Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Berlin, December 10, 1982–February 20, 1983.
Nationalgalerie - Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Berlin, Von Courbet bis Cézanne: Französische Malerei 1848-1886, December 10, 1982–February 20, 1983, no. 17, ill. in b/w, as Les Peupliers, c. 1880.
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, A Day in the Country: Impressionism and the French Landscape, June 28–September 16, 1984, no. 71, ill., as Les Peupliers, c. 1879-82. Traveled to: The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, October 23, 1984–January 6, 1985; Grand Palais, Paris, February 4–April 22, 1985 (L’Impressionnisme et le paysage français, see 1985a Paris).
Grand Palais, Paris, L’Impressionnisme et le paysage français, February 4–April 22, 1985, no. 37, ill., as Les Peupliers, c. 1879-82.
Grand Palais, Paris, Cézanne, September 26, 1995–January 14, 1996, no. 58. Traveled to: Tate Gallery, London, February 8–April 28, 1996; Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, May 26–September 1, 1996.
Museo del palacio de bellas artes, Mexico City, Maestros del impresionismo, November 1998–February 1999, pp. 70-73 & 189, ill., as Les Peupliers, 1879-1882.
Casa dei Carraresi, Treviso, Italy, Da Cézanne a Modrian: impressionismo espressionismo cubismo e il paesaggio del nouvo secolo in Europa 1878-1918, September 11, 1999–January 9, 2000, p. 154, ill., as I pioppi, c. 1879-82, lent by Musée d'Orsay, Paris.
Kunstforum, Vienna, Cézanne: Vollendet unvollendet, January 20–April 25, 2000, no. 77, ill., as Les Peupliers, shown in Zürich only. Traveled to: Kunsthaus, Zürich, May 5–August 13, 2000 (initially planned to end on July 30 the exhibition was extended until August 13).
National Museum of Art, Beijing, Trésors impressionnistes des collections nationales françaises, October 10–November 24, 2004, no. 46, ill., as Poplars, c. 1879-80. Traveled to: Museum of Art, Shanghai, November 8, 2004–January 25, 2005; Museum of Art, Hong Kong, February 5–April 10, 2005.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Cézanne to Picasso: Ambroise Vollard, Patron of the Avant-Garde, September 14, 2006–January 7, 2007, no. 31, fig. 35, pp. 34, 337–38, as Les Peupliers. Traveled to: The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, February 17–May 13, 2007; Musée d'Orsay, Paris, June 19–September 16, 2007.
Musée des Beaux-Arts, Reims, France, De Corot à l'art moderne: souvenirs et variations, February 20–May 20, 2009, no. 39, ill., as Les Peupliers, 1879-1882.
Palazzo della Gran Guardia, Verona, Italy, Corot e l'arte moderna - souvenirs et impressions, November 27, 2009–March 3, 2010, no. 75, ill., as I pioppi, 1879-1882.
Musée Gustave Courbet, Ornans, France, Courbet/Cézanne: La vérité en peinture, June 29–October 14, 2013, no. 50, ill., as Les Peupliers, c. 1879-82.
The National Art Center, Japan, Naissance de l'impressionnisme: La liberté de peindre. Collections du musée d'Orsay, July 9–October 20, 2014, no. 43, ill., as Les Peupliers.
Staatliche Kunsthalle, Karlsruhe, Germany, Cézanne - Metamorphosen, October 28, 2017–February 11, 2018, no. 17, ill.
Published References
Besson, George (introduction). "Paul Cézanne: 1839–1906." Estampes. Paris: Braun & Cie, August 1936 (no. 4), no. 013298 p. 15 (portfolio of 10 color plates).
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 335, ill. vol. II, as Les Peupliers.
Besson, George. Cézanne, 10 Planches en couleurs. Paris: Les Éditions Braune & Cie, 1938(?).
Combe, Jacques. "Les ventes: introduction au jeu des enchères." L'Amour de l'art 19, no. 9 (November 1938), ill. p. 365, as Les Peupliers.
Barnes, Albert C., and Violette de Mazia. The Art of Cézanne. New York: Harcourt Brace, 1939, no. 73, listed.
Francastel, Pierre. Nouveau Dessin, Nouvelle Peinture: L'école de Paris. Paris: Librairie de Médicis, 1946, pl. XIII.
Adhémar, Hélène et al. Catalogue des peintures et sculptures exposées au Musée de l’Impressionnisme (Jeu de Paume des Tuileries): les impressionnistes, leurs précurseurs et leurs contemporains. Paris: Editions des Musées Nationaux, 1947, p. 24, no. 34, as Les Peupliers, c. 1879-1882.
Novotny, Fritz. Cézanne. London: Phaidon Press, 1947, col. pl. 29, as Les Peupliers, 1879-82.
Jourdain, Francis. L'Impressionnisme: origines, conséquences. Paris: Collection Le Maîtres, 1951, fig. 35.
Adhémar, Hélène. Catalogue des peintures, pastels, sculptures impressionnistes du Musée du Louvre. Paris: Editions des Musées Nationaux, 1958, pp. 21–22, no. 41.
Bazin, Germain. Trésors de l'impressionnisme au Louvre. Paris: A. Somogy, 1958, ill. p. 275, c. 1879-1882.
Sterling, Charles, and Hélène Adhémar. La Peinture au Musée du Louvre, vol. I. Paris: Éditions des Musées Nationaux, 1958, fig. 258.
Adhémar, Hélène, and Anne Dayez. Musée du Jeu de Paume. Paris: Editions des Musées Nationaux, 1973, listed p. 141, ill. p. 22, as Les Peupliers, c. 1879-82.
Schapiro, Meyer. Paul Cézanne. Translated by Louis-Marie Ollivier. Paris: Nouvelles Editions Françaises, 1973, p. 58, ill.
Perucchi-Petri, Ursula. "War Cézanne Impressionist? Die Begegnung zwischen Cézanne und Pissarro." Du 35, no. 9 (September 1975), p. 62, ill.
Ponente, Nello, ed. Cézanne e le avanguardie. Rome: Officina Edizioni, 1981, Via: pl. 2.
Harris, Nathaniel. The Art of Cézanne. London: Optimum Books, 1982, p. 45, ill. in color.
Müller, Joseph-Emile. Cézanne. Translated by Jane Brenton. Paris: Fernand Hazan, 1982, pl. 13.
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 Les peupliers, c. 1879-82.
Düchting, Hajo. Paul Cézanne: Natur wird Kunst. Cologne: Benedict Taschen Verlag, 1989, p. 21, ill.
Lartigue, Charles de. Les paysages de Paul Cézanne. Lyon: Les Créations du Pélican, 1995, p. 69, ill.
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. 407, ill. vol. 2, as Les Peupliers.
Jensen, Robert. "Vollard and Cézanne: An Anatomy of a Relationship." In Cézanne to Picasso: Ambroise Vollard, Patron of the Avant-Garde. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art; New Haven: Yale University Press, 2006. Exhibition catalogue, p. 34, fig. 35, as Poplars.
Chiappini, Rudy. "Quel silenzio, in attesa del tempo della rivelazione." In Cézanne: Les ateliers du midi. Milan: Skira, 2011. Exhibition catalogue, p. 34, fig. 17.
Notes
According to Brettell, this work was "probably painted just outside the park of the Château des Marcouvilles in the hamlet of Les Patis." (A Day in the Country, exh. cat., 1984). The work could also have been painted in the area of Melun.
Record last updated September 27, 2022. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Les Peupliers, 1879–80 (FWN 142)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=401 (accessed on July 1, 2025).
