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Catalogue entry

FWN 145
Neige fondante à Fontainebleau
1879–80
Alternate titles: Effet de Neige; Landscape; Melting Snow; Melting Snow at Fontainebleau; Melting Snow, Fontainebleau; Neige; Neige fondante (Fontainebleau); Schmelzender Schnee im Walde von Fontainebleau; Schneeschmelze
Rewald (413): 1879–80; Venturi revised: c.1882; Cézanne fils: 1879; Venturi (336): 1879–82; Rivière: before 1880; Ratcliffe: before May 1881
Oil on canvas
29 x 39 5/8 in. (73.6 x 100.6 cm)
Signed lower left in blue: Cezanne
Vollard archives: photo no. 355, Annotated by Cezanne's son: 1879
The Museum of Modern Art, New York (Gift of Mr. and Mrs. André Meyer)

Keywords

Provenance
Julien-François (Père) Tanguy, Paris
Victor Chocquet, Paris (1881)
Count Armand Doria, Orrouy (1889 in an exchange);
Doria Collection, Galerie G. Petit, Paris, May 4–5, 1899, no. 45
Claude Monet, Giverny (May 4, 1899);
Michel Monet, Giverny
Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, Paul Rosenberg, Paris, and Galerie Durand-Ruel, Paris (April 20, 1929)
Wildenstein Galleries, Paris (April 29, 1929)
Galerie Alfred Daber, Paris
Mr. and Mrs. André Meyer, New York;
The Museum of Modern Art, New York (1961)
Exhibition History
1910a Paris
Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, Paul Cézanne, January 10–22, 1910, no. 34, as Neige fondante (Fontainebleau), lent by Cl. Monet.
1932d New York
Galerie Durand-Ruel, New York, Cézanne, Gauguin, Redon, March 22–April 15, 1932, no. 2.
1934–35 Baltimore
The Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, A Survey of French Painting, November 23, 1934–January 1, 1935, no. 3, ill.
1936 Basel
Kunsthalle, Basel, Switzerland, Paul Cézanne, August 30–October 12, 1936, no. 21, as Schmelzender Schnee im Walde von Fontainebleau, c. 1880, lent by M. Monet, Giverny.
1939 Lyon
Musée de Lyon, Palais Saint-Pierre, Lyon, France, Centenaire de Paul Cézanne, May 7–June 18, 1939, no. 124, lent by Michel Monet, Giverny.
1948b New York
Wildenstein Galleries, New York, Six Masters of Post-Impressionism, April 8–May 8, 1948, no. 2, as Melting Snow at Fontainebleau, lent by anonymous.
1950a New York
Knoedler Galleries, New York, Impressionist Painting, 1950, p. 9.
1962 Washington, D.C.
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., Collection of Mr. and Mrs. André Meyer, June 9–July 8, 1962, ill., p. 18.
1982 Liège and traveling
Musée Saint-Georges, Liège, Belgium, Cézanne, March 12–May 9, 1982, no. 9, ill. 1879-80. Traveled to: Musée Granet, Aix-en-Provence, France, June 12–August 31, 1982 (exhibition catalogue; preface by Denis Coutagne).
1982 Aix-en-Provence
Musée Granet, Aix-en-Provence, France, Cézanne, June 12–August 31, 1982, no. 9, ill.
1983 Basel
Galerie Beyeler, Basel, Switzerland, Paul Cézanne: Peintures, Aquarelles, Dessins, June–September 1983, no. 11, ill., as Neige fondante à Fontainebleau, lent by Museum of Modern Art.
1998 St. Petersburg and traveling
State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation, Cézanne and the Russian Avant-Garde, August 9–September 24, 1998, no. 13, ill. Traveled to: Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow, October 15–November 18, 1998 (exhibition catalogue in Russian; text by Albert Kostenevich).
2013 Ornans
Musée Gustave Courbet, Ornans, France, Courbet/Cézanne: La vérité en peinture, June 29–October 14, 2013, no. 18, ill., as Neige fondante à Fontainebleau.
2014a Madrid
Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid, Cézanne: site / non-site, February 4–May 18, 2014, no. 9, ill.
2015 Winterthur
Sammlung Oskar Reinhart "am Römerholz," Winterthur, Switzerland, Victor Chocquet: Freund und Sammler der Impressionisten, Renoir, Cézanne, Monet, Manet, February 20–June 7, 2015, no. 22, ill.
2017–18 Paris
Musée Marmottan Monet, Paris, Monet Collectionneur, September 14, 2017–January 14, 2018, no. 59, ill.
Published References
Cézanne 1881
Cézanne, Paul. "Letter to Victor Chocquet. Pontoise, May 16 (18)81." In Correspondance, ed. John Rewald. Paris: Bernard Grasset, 1937, p. 137 (erroneously dated 1880), No. LXXX.
Hind 1911
Hind, C. Lewis. The Post Impressionists. London: Methuen, 1911, ill. opposite p. 10, as Landscape.
Lawton 1911
Lawton, Frederick. "Paul Cézanne." Art Journal, no. 2 (February 1911), p. 59, ill.
Borgmeyer 1913
Borgmeyer, Charles Louis. The Master Impressionists. Chicago: The Fine Arts Press, 1913, p. 59, ill., as Effet de Neige, Collection Monet.
Burger 1913
Burger, Fritz. Cézanne und Hodler. Munich: Delphin Verlag, 1913, pl. 90, as Schneeschmelze.
Raphael 1913
Raphael, Max. Von Monet zu Picasso. Munich: Delphin-Verlag, 1913, pl. 12.
Stuart 1917
Stuart, Evelyn Marie. "Cézanne and His Place in Impressionism." Fine Arts Journal 35, no. 5 (May 1917), p. 326, ill., as Effet de Neige, "Collection Claude Monet".
Burger 1919
Burger, Fritz. Cézanne und Hodler. Munich: Delphin Verlag, 1919, p. 95.
Burger 1920
Burger, Fritz. Cézanne und Hodler. Munich: Delphin Verlag, 1920, pl. 95.
Burger 1923
Burger, Fritz. Cézanne und Hodler. Munich: Delphin Verlag, 1923, pl. 94.
Rivière 1923
Rivière, Georges. Le Maître Paul Cézanne. Paris: Librairie Floury, 1923, p. 207, listed.
Elder 1924
Elder, Marc. À Giverny, chez Claude Monet. Paris: Bernheim-Jeune, 1924, p. 69, mentioned.
Venturi 1926
Venturi, Lionello. Il Gusto dei primitivi. Bologna: Zanichelli, 1926, pl. 84.
Flint 1932
Flint, Ralph. "Gauguin, Cézanne and Redon Show at Durand-Ruel's." Art News 30, no. 16 (March 26, 1932), p. 12, ill.
Nirdlinger 1932
Nirdlinger, Virginia. "On View in the New York Galleries." Parnassus 4, no. 4 (April 1932), p. 10, ill.
Faure 1936
Faure, Élie. Cézanne. Paris: Editions Braun, 1936, pl. 21.
Raynal 1936
Raynal, Maurice. Cézanne. Paris: Editions de Cluny, 1936, pl. XLI p. 70.
Venturi 1936b
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 336, ill. vol. II, as Neige fondante à Fontainebleau.
Cézanne 1937
Cézanne, Paul. Correspondance. Edited by John Rewald. Paris: Bernard Grasset, 1937, no. LXXX, p. 179 (erroneously dated 1880).
Novotny 1937
Novotny, Fritz. Cézanne. Vienna: Phaidon, 1937, pl. 26.
Cogniat 1939a
Cogniat, Raymond. Cézanne. Paris: Pierre Tisné, 1939, pl. 53.
Novotny 1947
Novotny, Fritz. Cézanne. London: Phaidon Press, 1947, pl. 25, as Neige fondante à Fontainebleau, 1879-82.
Ragghianti 1947
Ragghianti, Carlo Ludovico. L'Impressionismo. Turin: Chiantore, 1947, pl. XLIV.
Dorival 1948
Dorival, Bernard. Cézanne. Paris: Pierre Tisné, 1948, pl. 58, listed p. 153.
Rewald 1948b
Rewald, John. Paul Cézanne: A Biography. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1948, fig. 58.
Rewald 1950a
Rewald, John. Cézanne. London: Phoenix House, 1950, fig. 43.
Beucken 1955
Beucken, Jean de. Un portrait de Cézanne. Paris: Gallimard, [1955], pp. 220, 276, pl. IV between pp. 128, 129 (with photograph of motif which Cezanne used for this painting).
Denis 1957b
Denis, Maurice. Journal, vol. 2 (1905–20). Paris: La Colombe, 1957, p. 167.
Beucken 1962
Beucken, Jean de. Cézanne. New York: Viking Press, 1962, p. 68, ill. (with photo of the motif), said to be taken on the Rouart property in Melun, according to Beucken.
Coke 1965
Coke, Van Deren. The Painter and the Photograph. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1965, p. 11, ill.
Leonhard 1966
Leonhard, Kurt. Paul Cézanne in Selbstzeugnissen und Bilddokumenten. Rheinbek bei Hamburg: Rowohlt, 1966, p. 109, ill.
Rewald 1969
Rewald, John. "Chocquet et Cézanne." Gazette des beaux-arts, vol. 74, periode 6 (July–August 1969), pp. 59-60, 66-68, 78, fig. 19 p. 60.
Cabanne 1970
Cabanne, Pierre. "Monsieur Chocquet, don Quichotte de l'impressionnisme." Jardin des arts, no. 190 (September 1970), p. 52, ill. (with reproduction of photograph).
Schapiro 1973
Schapiro, Meyer. Paul Cézanne. Translated by Louis-Marie Ollivier. Paris: Nouvelles Editions Françaises, 1973, p. 59, ill.
Barr 1977
Barr, Jr., Alfred H. Painting and Sculpture in the Museum of Modern Art, 1929–1967. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1977, p. 530, ill. p. 400.
Le Pichon 1984
Le Pichon, Yann. The Real World of the Impressionists: Painting and Photographs, 1848–1918. New York: C.N. Potter, 1984, p. 54, ill.
Rewald 1986d
Rewald, John. "Chocquet and Cézanne." In Studies in Impressionism, Edited by Irene Gordon and Frances Weitzenhoffer. New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1986, p. 149, fig. 81, as Melting Snow.
Kendall 1988
Kendall, Richard, ed. Cézanne: By Himself. London: Macdonald, 1988, p. 131, ill.
Lévêque 1988
Lévêque, Jean Jacques. La Vie et l'oeuvre de Paul Cézanne. Courbevoie: ACR, 1988, p. 122, ill. in color.
Rewald 1989
Rewald, John. Cézanne and America: Dealers, Collectors, Artists and Critics, 1891–1921. Princeton: Princeton University Press; London: Thames & Hudson, 1989, p. 37, fig. 13.
Patin 1995
Patin, Sylvie. Cézanne. Paris: Editions Hazan, 1995, p. 53.
Rewald 1996
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. 413, ill. vol. 2 and p. 50, ill. col. vol. 1, as Neige fondante à Fontainebleau.
Feilchenfeldt 2005a
Feilchenfeldt, Walter. "Zur Rezeptionsgeschichte Cézannes in Deutschland." In "By Appointment Only": Schriften zu Kunst und Kunsthandel, Cézanne und Van Gogh. Wädenswil: Nimbus, 2005, p. 125, ill.
Shiff 2007
Shiff, Richard. "Risible Cézanne." In The Repeating Image: Multiples in French Painting from David to Matisse. Baltimore: Walters Art Museum, 2007. Exhibition catalogue, p. 144, fig. 15, as Melting Snow, Fontainebleau, dated 1879–80.
Mothe 2011
Mothe, Alain. Ce que voyait Cézanne: Les paysages impressionnistes à la lumière des cartes postales. Paris: Éditions de la Rmn-Grand Palais, 2011, pp. 98–99, ill., as Neige fondante à Fontainebleau, with old photograph which Cézanne used as a model.
Société Paul Cézanne 2011
Société Paul Cézanne. P. Cézanne: À Paris et en Île de France. ed., Denis Coutagne. Marseille: Éditions Crès, 2011, p. 108, ill., as Neige fondante à Fontainebleau, with photo, dated 1880, which he copied.
Cézanne 2013
Cézanne, Paul. The Letters of Paul Cézanne. Edited and translated by Alex Danchev. London and Los Angeles: Thames & Hudson; Getty Publications, 2013, p. 216, il.
Patin 2016
Patin, Sylvie. Monet's Private Picture Gallery at Giverny. Montreuil: Gourcuff Gradenigo, 2016, p. 131, ill.
Lobstein 2017
Lobstein, Dominique. "Paul Cézanne in the Monet Collection." In Monet Collectionneur [Monet, The Collector]. Vanves: Editions Hazan, 2017. Exhibition catalogue, p. 176, ill. pp. 174–75.
Mathieu and Lobstein 2017
Mathieu, Marianne, and Dominique Lobstein with the collaboration of Claire Gooden. "Vue synoptique de la collection Monet." In Monet Collectionneur [Monet, The Collector]. Vanves: Editions Hazan, 2017. Exhibition catalogue, p. 268, listed and ill.
Patin 2017
Patin, Sylvie. "Cézanne et Monet." In Paul Cezanne, Le chant de la terre. Martigny: Fondation Pierre Gianadda, 2017. Exhibition catalogue, p. 60, fig. 5.
France-Lanord 2018
France-Lanord, Hadrien. La couleur et la parole: les chemins de Paul Cézanne et de Martin Heidegger. Paris: Gallimard, 2018, ill. p. 146, as Neige fondante à Fontainebleau.
Dauberville 2020
Dauberville, Guy-Patrice, and Floriane Dauberville. Paul Cezanne chez Bernheim-Jeune. Paris: Editions G-P.F. Dauberville & Archives Bernheim-Jeune, 2020, no. 95, ill., as Neige, installation photograph from 1910 exhibition, p. 85.
Swinbourne 2020
Swinbourne, Anna. "L'Estaque; Fontainebleau; Bibémus; Château Noir." In Cézanne, The Rock and Quarry Paintings. Princeton: Princeton University Art Museum; New Haven: Yale University Press. Exhibition catalogue, p. 87, fig. 55, as Melting Snow, Fontainebleau, dated 1879–82.
Haskell 2022
Haskell, Caitlin. "Cezanne's Refusal." In Cezanne. Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 2022, p. 43, fig. 11 (with photograph of the motif, fig. 10).
Nagaï 2022
Nagaï, Takanori. "L'idée de l'anti-modernisation social chez Cézanne." Bulletin of Kyoto Institute of Technology 14 (February 2022), fig. 43.
Neige fondante à Fontainebleau, 1879–80 (FWN 145). Photograph used by Cézanne for Neige fondante à Fontanebleau (image courtesy National Gallery of Art Photo Archives)
Photograph used by Cézanne for Neige fondante à Fontanebleau (image courtesy National Gallery of Art Photo Archives)
Photo: possibly Eugène Cuvelier
Record last updated June 1, 2023. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Neige fondante à Fontainebleau, 1879–80 (FWN 145)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=406 (accessed on April 20, 2024).