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 156
Le Viaduc à l'Estaque
1882
Alternate titles: Berglandschaft; Felsige Landschaft; Felslandschaft; Paysage; Paysage rocheux; The Estaque Viaduct; The viaduct at L'Estaque; Viaduct at L'Estaque
Rewald (441): 1882; Venturi revised: 1883–85; Cézanne fils: L'Estaque, 1871; Venturi (401): 1882–85; Cooper: between May 1883 and January 1884; Gowing: possibly 1882 (also: late 1881–early 1882 or mid–1883)
Oil on canvas
18 5/16 x 21 5/8 in. (46.5 x 55 cm)
Vollard A stockbook: no. 3486, huile; rochers gris; arbres verts petite maison rougeâtre, 46 x 55 cm (100 frs)
Provenance
Exhibition History
Berlin, XXVI. Ausstellung der Berliner Secession, Spring 1913, no. 30, as Felslandschaft, lent by Cassirer.
Kunsthaus Zürich, Zurich, Sammlung Oscar Schmitz: Französische Malerei des XIX. Jahrhunderts, January 14–February 14, 1932, no. 29, as Paysage rocheux.
Kunsthaus Zürich, Zurich, Sammlung Oscar Schmitz, Dresden-Zürich; Französische Impressionisten aus verschiedenem Besitz, January 14–February 14, 1932, no. 41, as Paysage rocheux.
Kunsthaus, Zurich, Französische Maler des XIX. Jahrhunderts, May 14–August 6, 1933, no. 78, as Felsige Landschaft, 1865/70, [lent by Schmitz].
Wildenstein Galleries, New York, The Oscar Schmitz Collection, 1936, no. 12, ill.
Wildenstein Galleries, Paris, La Collection Oskar Schmitz, 1936, no. 12, ill.
New York World's Fair, French Pavilion, New York, Five Centuries of History Mirrored in Five Centuries of French Art, 1939, no. 369, pl. LXVII, lent by E. Molyneux, Paris.
Société des artistes indépendants, Grand Palais, Paris, 50e exposition - Centenaire du peintre indépendant Paul Cézanne, March 17–April 10, 1939, no. 24, as Paysage, tentative identification, lent by Kunsthalle Basel.
Wildenstein Galleries, New York, Cézanne, March 27–April 26, 1947, no. 21, ill. lent by Wildenstein.
Wildenstein Galleries, New York, Six Masters of Post-Impressionism, April 8–May 8, 1948, no. 4, pl. 4, as Le Viaduc à l'Estaque, lent by Wildenstein.
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Cézanne: Paintings, Watercolors & Drawings, A Loan Exhibition, February 7–March 16, 1952, no. 56, ill. lent by Oberlin. Traveled to: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, April 1–May 16, 1952.
Knoedler Galleries, New York, Paintings and Drawings from Five Centuries, 1954, no. 61, ill.
Art Center, Fort Worth, Texas, Inaugural Exhibition, October 8–31, 1954, no. 8, ill.
Haags Gemeentemuseum, The Hague, the Netherlands, Paul Cézanne, June 1–August 1, 1956, no. 25, ill.
Pavillon de Vendôme, Aix-en-Provence, France, Exposition pour commémorer le cinquantenaire de la mort de Cézanne, July 21–August 15, 1956, no. 25, ill. lent by Allen Memorial.
Haus der Kunst, Munich, Paul Cézanne, October 12–November 18, 1956, no. 31, ill. lent by Allen Memorial.
Wallraf-Richartz-Museum, (Kunsthaus Lempertz), Cologne, Cézanne, Ausstellung zum Gedenken an sein 50. Todesjahr, December 1956–January 1957, no. 16, ill. lent by Allen Memorial.
Milwaukee Art Institute, Milwaukee, Inaugural Exhibition, September 12–October 20, 1957, no. 66.
Wildenstein Galleries, New York, Loan Exhibition: Cézanne, November 5–December 5, 1959, no. 22, ill. lent by Oberlin.
Galleries of the Art Department, University of California, Berkeley, California, Art from Ingres to Pollock: Painting and Sculpture since Neoclassicism, March 6–April 3, 1960, no. 22.
Österreichische Galerie, Belvedere, Vienna, Paul Cézanne, April 14–June 18, 1961, no. 20, pl. 12.
Pavillon de Vendôme, Aix-en-Provence, France, Exposition Cézanne: Tableaux, Aquarelles, Dessins, July 1–August 15, 1961, no. 9, pl. 7.
The Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Treasures from the Allen Memorial Art Museum, July 21–September 11, 1966.
Musée des Beaux-Arts, Marseille, France, Right Under the Sun, Landscape in Provence: From Classicism to Modernism (1750–1920), May 18–August 21, 2005, no. 30, ill., p. 173, as Le Viaduc à l'Estaque. Traveled to: Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal, September 22, 2005–January 8, 2006.
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., Cézanne in Provence, January 29–May 7, 2006, no. 46, ill. Traveled to: Musée Granet, Aix-en-Provence, France, June 9–September 17, 2006.
Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton, New Jersey, Cézanne, The Rock and Quarry Paintings, March 7–June 14, 2020, no. 5, ill., as Viaduct at L'Estaque, dated c. 1882, catalogue notes by Annemarie Iker. Traveled to: Royal Academy, London, July 12–October 18, 2020 (N.B. This venue was cancelled due to 2020 coronavirus).
Published References
Glaser, Curt. "Die XXVI. Ausstellung der Berliner Secession." Die Kunst für Alle 28, no. 20 (July 15, 1913), ill. p. 472, as Felslandschaft.
Denis, Maurice. "Cézanne: I [and] II." Kunst und Künstler 12, no. 4 and no. 5 (1914), ill. p. 215.
Dormoy, Marie. "La collection Schmitz à Dresde." L'Amour de l'art 7, no. 10 (October 1926), p. 341, as Paysage.
Pfister, Kurt. Cézanne: Gestalt, Werk, Mythos. Potsdam: Gustav Kiepenheuer Verlag, 1927, fig. 64, as Berglandschaft.
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 401, ill. vol. II, as Le Viaduc à l'Estaque.
Venturi, Lionello. Archives de l'impressionnisme. 2 vols. Paris and New York: Durand-Ruel, 1939.
Johnson, Ellen. "The Viaduct of L'Estaque of Paul Cézanne." Bulletin of the Allen Memorial Art Museum 7, no. 1 (Fall 1949), pp. 4–12, ill.
Johnson, Ellen. "The Viaduct at L'Estaque: A Footnote." Bulletin of the Allen Memorial Art Museum 21, no. 1 (Fall 1963), pp. 24–28, ill. with Renoir's painting and photographs of the approximate motifs of both landscapes.
Stechow, Wolfgang. European and American Paintings and Sculpture in the Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin College. Oberlin. Oberlin: Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin College, 1967, pp. 30-31, fig. 107.
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. 441, ill. vol. 2, as Le Viaduc à l'Estaque.
Riley, Bridget. "Cézanne in Provence." The Burlington Magazine 148, no. 1242 (September 2006), p. 623, fig. 48, as The viaduct at L'Estaque.
Blanc, Geneviève. L'Estaque, Art et Patrimoine, Chronique d'une double histoire. Gémenos: Groupe Horizon, 2013, p. 173, ill.
Machotka, Pavel. Cézanne: Landscape into Art. Prague: Arbor Vitae, 2014, p. 93, fig. 27a, with color photo of approximate site, fig. 27a, as Le Viaduc à l'Estaque.
Blanc, Geneviève. L'Oeuvre de Cezanne à L'Estaque, Huiles – Aquarelles – Dessins, 1864–1885. Marseille: Éditions Gaussen, 2019, fig. 90 (discussion pp. 80–83), as Le Viaduc à l'Estaque.
Blanc, Geneviève. Et si L'Estaque m'était contée? [privately published], 2020, p. 68, ill.
Jarrige, François and Jean-Remy Touzet. "Adieu la mythologie! Le chemin de fer dans le paysage: Sous le roc lui-même." In Le voyage en train. Nantes; Gent: Musée d'arts; Editions Snoeck, 2022. Exhibition catalogue, p. 44, fig. 8 p. 47, as Le Viaduc à l'Estaque, c. 1879-1882.
Record last updated July 24, 2020. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Le Viaduc à l'Estaque, 1882 (FWN 156)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=432 (accessed on July 13, 2025).
