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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
FWN 465
Le Fils de l'artiste au fauteuil rouge
1881–82 (possibly later)
Alternate titles: Portrait de Paul Cézanne, fils de l'artiste; Portrait du fils de l'artiste; Portrait of Paul Cézanne, the Artist's Son; Portrait of the Artist's Son
Rewald (465): 1881–82 (possibly later); Venturi revised: 1885–87; Venturi (535): 1883–85; Rivière: c.1885; Machotka et al: 1883–84
Oil on canvas
13 3/8 x 14 13/16 in. (34 x 37.5 cm)
Vollard archives: photo no. 462, Annotated by Cezanne's son: 1877
Provenance
Ambroise Vollard, Paris
Paul Guillaume, Paris (1931);
Madame Jean Walter (Mme Paul Guillaume), Paris
Musée de l'Orangerie, Paris (1963)
Exhibition History
1966c Paris
Théâtre de l'Est Parisien, Paris, Chefs-d'oeuvre de l'impressionnisme, 1966, no. 7, ill. in color.1966a Paris
Orangerie, Paris, Collection Jean Walter – Paul Guillaume, January 1966, no. 7, ill. in color.1974 Tokyo and traveling
National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, Cézanne, March 30–May 19, 1974, no. 30. Traveled to: Municipal Museum, Kyoto, Japan, June 1–July 17, 1974; Cultural Center, Fukuoka, Japan, July 24–August 18, 1974.1974b Paris
Orangerie, Paris, Cézanne dans les musées nationaux, July 19–October 14, 1974, extended until October 28, no. 32, ill. in b/w, as Portrait du fils de l'artiste, c. 1880.1981a Paris
Palais de Tokyo, Paris, Visages et Portraits de Manet à Matisse, 1981, no number.1985–86 Saint Germain-en-Laye
Musée du Prieuré, Saint Germain-en-Laye, France, Le Chemin de Gauguin, October 7, 1985–March 2, 1986, no. 40, ill., p. 33.1995–96 Paris and traveling
Grand Palais, Paris, Cézanne, September 26, 1995–January 14, 1996, no. 85, ill. shown in Paris and London only. Traveled to: Tate Gallery, London, February 8–April 28, 1996; Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, May 26–September 1, 1996.1998–2000 Tokyo and traveling
Musée des Beaux-Arts Bunkamura, Tokyo, Chefs d’œuvre du Musée de l'Orangerie : collection Jean Walter et Paul Guillaume, November 14, 1998–February 14, 1999, no. 8, ill., as Portrait du fils de l'artiste. Traveled to: Nagoya City Art Museum, Nagoya, Japan, February 23–April 7, 1999; Musée départemental d'arts, Hiroshima, Japan, April 17–June 27, 1999; Musée départemental d'art moderne, Niigata, Japan, July 10–September 12, 1999; Musée national d'art moderne, Kyoto, Japan, September 21–November 14, 1999; Musée d'art moderne, Taipei, Taiwan, November 4, 1999–March 1, 2000; Museum of fine arts, Kaoshiung, Taiwan, 2000.2000–02 Montreal and traveling
Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal, From Renoir to Picasso: Masterpieces from the Musée de l'Orangerie, June 1–October 15, 2000, no. 24, ill., as Portrait du fils de l'artiste, c. 1880. Traveled to: Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, Texas, November 12, 2000–February 25, 2001; Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, Australia, March 29–May 20, 2001; Art Gallery New Soth Wales, Sydney, June 1–July 29, 2001; National Gallery of Victoria on Russell, Melbourne, Australia, August 10–September 30, 2001; Fundación La Caixa - CaixaForum, Barcelona, Spain, April 11–June 30, 2002.2003–2004 Toulouse
Musée des Augustins, Toulouse, France, Cézanne: quartoze chefs-œuvres du musée de l'Orangerie, December 16, 2003–April 15, 2004, no. 2, ill., as Portrait du fils de l'artiste.2005 Bergamo
Accademia Carrara, Bergamo, Italy, Cézanne, Renoir: 30 capolavori dal Musée de l'Orangerie. I 'classici' dell'Impressionismo dalla collezione Paul Guillaume, March 22–July 3, 2005, no number, pp. 92–93, ill., as Portrait du fils de l'artiste.2009 Aix-en-Provence
Musée Granet, Aix-en-Provence, France, Picasso, Cézanne, May 25–September 27, 2009, no. 69, ill., as Le Fils de l'artiste au fauteuil rouge.2014–15 Fort Worth
Kimbell Museum of Art, Fort Worth, Texas, Faces of Impressionism: Portraits from the Musée d'Orsay, October 19, 2014–January 25, 2015, no. 43, ill., pp. 160–63, as Portrait of the Artist's Son.2017 Paris
Musée d'Orsay, Paris, Cézanne Portraits, June 13–September 24, 2017, no. 26, ill.2017–18 Paris and traveling
Musée d'Orsay, Paris, Cézanne Portraits, June 13–September 24, 2017, no. 9.2, ill. Traveled to: National Portrait Gallery, London, October 26, 2017–February 11, 2018; National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C, March 25–July 1, 2018.2021–22 Budapest
Szépmüvészeti Múzeum, Budapest, Hungary, Cezanne to Malevich, Arcadia to Abstraction, October 28, 2021–February 13, 2022, no. 4, ill.2022–23 Chicago and traveling
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Cezanne, May 15–September 5, 2022, no. 37, ill. 1880. Traveled to: Tate Moderrn, London, October 6, 2022–March 12, 2023.Published References
Dormoy 1931
Dormoy, Marie. "Quelques tableaux de la collection particulière Ambroise Vollard." Formes: revue internationale des arts plastiques, no. 17 (September 1931), ill. between pp. 122 and 113.Vollard 1931
Vollard, Ambroise. "Souvenirs sur Cézanne." Cahiers d'art 6, nos. 9–10 (1931), p. 390, ill.Venturi 1936b
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 535, ill. vol. II, as Portrait de Paul Cézanne, fils de l'artiste.Musée de l'Orangerie 1966
Musée de l'Orangerie. Collection Jean Walter - Paul Guillaume. Paris: Réunion des musées nationaux, 1966, no. 7, ill. in color, as Portrait de Paul Cézanne, fils de l'artiste.Brion 1971
Brion, Marcel. Cézanne. Milan: Fratelli Fabbri, 1971, ill. p. 47.Sutton 1974
Sutton, Denys. "The Paradoxes of Cézanne." Apollo (London) 100, no. 150 (August 1974), fig. 15 p. 106.Arrouye 1982a
Arrouye, Jean. La Provence de Cézanne. Aix-en-Provence: Edisud, 1982, p. 46.Bernard, B. 1986
Bernard, Bruce. The Impressionist Revolution. London: Orbis, 1986, p. 119, ill.Hoog 1986
Hoog, Michel. Musée de l’Orangerie: catalogue de la collection Jean Walter et Paul Guillaume. Paris: Editions de la Réunion des musées nationaux, 1986, p. 26, no. 7, ill., as Portrait du fils de l'artiste.Hoog 1987
Hoog, Michel. Catalogue of the Jean Walter and Paul Guillaume Collection. Translated by Barbara Shuey. Paris: Réunion des musées nationaux, 1987, pp. 26–27, no. 7, ill., as Portrait of the Artist's Son.Kendall 1988
Kendall, Richard, ed. Cézanne: By Himself. London: Macdonald, 1988, p. 91, ill.Lévêque 1988
Lévêque, Jean Jacques. La Vie et l'oeuvre de Paul Cézanne. Courbevoie: ACR, 1988, p. 95, ill. in color.Kendall 1989a
Kendall, Richard. The History and Techniques of the Great Master Cézanne. London: Tiger Books International, 1989, p. 9, ill.Arrouye 1995
Arrouye, Jean. Cézanne: Paris, Provence. Paris: Textuel, 1995, p. 125, ill.Cahn 1995b
Cahn, Isabelle. Paul Cézanne. Paris: Somogy Editions d'Art, 1995, p. 83, ill.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. 465, ill. vol. 2, as Le Fils de l'artiste au fauteuil rouge.Shiff 1998b
Shiff, Richard. "Sensation, Movement, Cézanne." In Classic Cézanne. Sydney: Art Gallery of New South Wales, 1998. Exhibition catalogue, p. 20, fig. 6.Lewis 2000
Lewis, Mary Tompkins. Cézanne. London: Phaidon, 2000, p. 224, fig. 135.Shiff 2000
Shiff, Richard. "Mark, Motif, Materiality." In Cézanne: Finished, Unfinished. Ostfildern-Ruit: Hatje Cantz, 2000. Exhibition catalogue, p. 109, fig. 10, as Le Fils de l'artiste au fauteuil rouge.Feilchenfeldt 2005b
Feilchenfeldt, Walter. "Cézannes Sammler. Von Zola bis Annenberg." In "By Appointment Only": Schriften zu Kunst und Kunsthandel,
Cézanne und Van Gogh. Wädenswil: Nimbus, 2005, p. 188, ill.Kropmanns 2006
Kropmanns, Peter. Cézanne: Eine Biographie. Stuttgart: Reclam, 2006, ill. between pp. 116 and 117.Machotka 2008
Machotka, Pavel. Cézanne: The Eye and the Mind, 2 vols. Marseille: Editions Crès, 2008, vol. 1, fig. 185; vol. 2, p. 128, as Le Fils de l'artiste au fauteuil rouge.Shiff 2012a
Shiff, Richard. "Cézanne." In 1912, Mission Moderne: die Jahrhundertschau des Sonderbundes, edited by Barbara Schaefer. Cologne: Wienend Verlag, 2012. Exhibition catalogue, p. 93, fig. 8.Shiff 2012b
Shiff, Richard. "Sensation, Cézanne." In Cézanne and the Past: Tradition and Creativity. Budapest: Museum of Fine Arts, 2012. Exhibition catalogue, p. 43, fig. 14, as Portrait of Paul Cézanne, the Artist's Son.Shiff 2014
Shiff, Richard. "Morality, Materiality, Apples." In The World Is an Apple: The Still Lifes of Paul Cézanne. Hamilton, Ontario: Art Gallery of Hamilton, 2014. Exhibition catalogue, p. 185, fig. 13, as Portrait of the Artist's Son.Geskó 2017
Geskó, Judit. "Cézanne: Past / Present / Future." In Cézanne and the past : tradition and creativity [international symposium, Budapest, Museum of Fine Arts, 28 January 2013]. Budapest: Museum of Fine Arts, 2017, fig. 7.Shiff 2017
Shiff, Richard. "Reanimation." In The Hidden Cézanne: From Sketchbook to Canvas. Basel: Prestel, 2017. Exhibition catalogue, p. 82, fig. 7.Armstrong 2018
Armstrong, Carol. Cézanne's Gravity. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2018, fig. 84, 1881-82.Cezanne 2021
Cézanne, Philippe. Paul Cezanne dépeint par ses contemporains. Lyon: Fage éditions, 2021, fig. 7.Record last updated June 21, 2022. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Le Fils de l'artiste au fauteuil rouge, 1881–82 (possibly later) (FWN 465)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=456 (accessed on April 25, 2024).
