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 218
Arbres et maisons au lieu dit "La Durane"
1885–86
Alternate titles: Alberi e case; Arbres et maisons; Haus und Bäume; Maison à travers les arbres; Maisons et arbres; Trees and Houses
Rewald (549): 1885–86; Venturi revised: c.1890; Venturi (480): 1885–87
Oil on canvas
21 1/4 x 28 11/16 in. (54 x 73 cm)
Vollard A stockbook: no. 3464, huile. effet de hiver; les arbres sont dénudés; à travers les branches on aperçoit q.q. maisons rouges, 54 x 74 cm (150 frs)
Provenance
Exhibition History
Wildenstein Galleries, London, Nineteenth Century Masterpieces, May 9–June 15, 1935, no. 6.
Kunstmuseum, Bern, Switzerland, Ecole de Paris, February 27–March 31, 1946, no. 3, as Arbres et Maisons, lent by Baron von der Heydt, Ascona.
Orangerie, Paris, Collection Jean Walter – Paul Guillaume, January 1966, no. 10, ill.
Orangerie, Paris, Cézanne dans les musées nationaux, July 19–October 14, 1974, extended until October 28, no. 34, ill. in color, as Maisons et arbres, c. 1885-1888.
Grand Palais, Paris, De Renoir à Matisse: 22 chefs-d'oeuvre des musées soviétiques et français, June 6–September 18, 1978, no. 2, ill., as Maisons et arbres.
Pinacothèque Nationale - Musée Alexandre Soutzos, Athens, Greece, Impressionnistes et post-impressionnistes des musées français: de Manet à Matisse, January 30–April 20, 1980, no. 7, ill., as Maisons et arbres.
Musée des Beaux-Arts de Georgie, Tbilisi, Georgia, Impressionnistes et post-impressionnistes des musées français: de Manet à Matisse, 1981, no. 9, ill., as Maisons et arbres. Traveled to: Musée de l’Ermitage, Leningrad, Russian Federation, 1981.
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. 19, ill. c. 1885-88. 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. 19, ill. in b/w and in colour p. 21, as Maisons et arbres, c. 1885-88.
Grand Palais, Paris, 1983, no. 8, ill.
Musée Granet, Aix-en-Provence, France, Sainte-Victoire: Cézanne, June 16–September 2, 1990, no. 27, fig. 265.
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. 9, ill., as Arbres et maisons. 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.
Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal, From Renoir to Picasso: Masterpieces from the Musée de l'Orangerie, June 1–October 15, 2000, no. 26, ill., as Arbres et maisons, c. 1885. 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.
Musée des Augustins, Toulouse, France, Cézanne: quartoze chefs-œuvres du musée de l'Orangerie, December 16, 2003–April 15, 2004, no. 11, ill., as Arbres et maisons.
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. 100-01, ill., as Arbres et maisons.
Musée des Beaux-Arts, Reims, France, De Corot à l'art moderne: souvenirs et variations, February 20–May 20, 2009, no. 34, ill., as Arbres et Maisons, c. 1885.
Palazzo della Gran Guardia, Verona, Italy, Corot e l'arte moderna - souvenirs et impressions, November 27, 2009–March 3, 2010, no. 78, ill., as Alberi e case, c. 1885.
Museo Dolores Olmedo, Mexico City, Obras Maestras del Musée de l’Orangerie, October 19, 2013–January 19, 2014, no. 3, ill., as Arbres et maisons.
Palazzo Reale, Milan, Cézanne/Renoir, Capolovori dal Musée de l'Orangerie, March 19–June 30, 2024, no. 46, ill. Traveled to: Fondation Gianadda, Martigny, France, July 13–November 19, 2024 (Titled: Cézanne - Renoir, Regards croisés); Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong, January 17–May 7, 2025; Mitsubishi Ichigokan Museum, Tokyo, May 29–September 7, 2025; Seoul Art Center, Seoul, South Korea, September 20, 2025–January 25, 2026.
Published References
Häuser, Henrik. "Ein dänischer Sammler [Tetzen-Lund]." Der Cicerone 10, no. 11/12 (June 1918), pp. 164-165, as Häusergruppe mit kahlen Bäumen.
Bernard, Emile. Souvenirs sur Paul Cézanne: une conversation avec Cézanne: la méthode de Cézanne. Paris: R.G. Michel, 1925, ill. opposite p. 132.
Bernard, Émile. Souvenirs sur Paul Cézanne, Une Conversation avec Cézanne. Paris: R.G. Michel, 1926, ill. opp. p. 76.
Thomsen, Oluf. Christian Tetzen-Lunds Samling of moderne fransk Malerkunst. Copenhagen: Tetzen-Lund, 1934, no. 3 of checklist, pl. 19, as Maison à travers les arbres.
Di San Lazzaro, Gualtieri. Paul Cézanne. Paris: Chroniques du Jour, 1936, fig. 17.
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 480, ill. vol. II, as Arbres et maisons.
Musée de l'Orangerie. Collection Jean Walter - Paul Guillaume. Paris: Réunion des musées nationaux, 1966, no. 10, ill., as Arbres et maisons.
Tobien, Felicitas. Paul Cézanne. Ramerding: Berghaus, 1981, ill. p. 48, as Haus und Bäume, 1885-87.
Barskaya, Anna and Evgenia Georgievskaia. Paul Cézanne: Bilder aus Museen der Sowjetunion. Leningrad: Aurora Art Publishers, 1983, ill. p. 133.
Hoog, Michel. "Orangerie des Tuileries: la collection Jean Walter - Paul Guillaume." La Revue du Louvre et des musées de France 34, no. 4 (1984), fig. 3 p. 312, as Arbres et maisons.
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. 30, no. 9, ill., as Arbres et maisons.
Hoog, Michel. Catalogue of the Jean Walter and Paul Guillaume Collection. Translated by Barbara Shuey. Paris: Réunion des musées nationaux, 1987, pp. 30–31, no. 9, ill., as Trees and Houses, Met's (Lehman) pic ill. p. 30 for comparison.
Isaacson, Joel. "Pissarro's doubt: Plein-air painting and the abiding question." Apollo (London) 136, no. 369 (November 1992), fig. 3 p. 321, as Trees and Houses, 1885-87.
Jensen, Knud W. De glade givere. Copenhagen: Gyldendal, 1996, p. 342, ill. as former collection Christian Tetzen-Lund.
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. 549, ill. vol. 2, as Arbres et maisons.
Machotka, Pavel. Cézanne: The Eye and the Mind, 2 vols. Marseille: Editions Crès, 2008, vol. 1, fig. 225; vol. 2, p. 154, as Arbres et maisons.
Tucker, Paul Hayes. "Trees and Houses near the Jas de Bouffan." In The Robert Lehman Collection, III, Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century Paintings. New York: Metroplitan Museum of Art, 2009, p. 86, fig. 1, as Trees and Houses.
Benedetti, Maria Teresa. "Gli artisti italiani e Cézanne." In Cézanne et gli artisti italiani del '900. Milan: Skira, 2013. Exhibition catalogue, p. 77, fig. 104.
Chédeville, François. "Localisation des 'Arbres et Maisons.'" Société Paul Cézanne (October 11, 2014).
Coutagne, Denis. "P. Cézanne, sur la colline de la Constance–Valcros." Aix-en-Provence: SPLA Pays d'Aix Territoires, June 2015, ill. p. 68.
Bonfort, ed., Didier. Dans les pas de P. Cezanne, Valcros - Bellevue - Montbriand. Didier Bonfort, ed.. Aix-en-provence: Sauvegarde des paysages de Cezanne, February 2016, p. 11, ill., as Arbres et maisons au lieu dit "La Durane", with photos of motif, pp. 10, 12.
Clark, T.J. If These Apples Should Fall, Cézanne and the Present. London and New York: Thames & Hudson, 2022, pls. 50, 51 (detail).
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Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Arbres et maisons au lieu dit "La Durane", 1885–86 (FWN 218)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=536 (accessed on July 15, 2025).
