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 581
Le Pêcheur au rocher
1862–64
Alternate titles: Paysage romantique aux pecheurs; Paysage romantique aux pêcheurs – Le Pêcheur au rocher
Rewald (39): 1862–64; Cooper: 1860–62; Gowing: 1861–62
Mural transferred to canvas
14 3/16 x 34 1/4 in. (36 x 87 cm)
Provenance
Exhibition History
Musée Granet, Aix-en-Provence, France, Au fil de l'eau: Cézanne, June 17–September 15, 2000, no. 2, ill. lent by Private collection.
Palazzo Reale, Milan, Cézanne: Les ateliers du midi, October 20, 2011–February 26, 2012, no. 14, ill., as Paysage romantique aux pecheurs, lent by Armand Israel.
National Art Center, Tokyo, Cézanne: Paris-Provence, March 28–May 11, 2012, no. 19, ill.
Fondation Pierre Gianadda, Martigny, Switzerland, Paul Cézanne: le chant de la terre, June 16–November 19, 2017, no. 3, ill. catalogued but not shown.
Published References
Rewald, John. Cézanne, sa vie, son œuvre, son amitié pour Zola. Paris: Albin Michel, 1939, pp. 44–45.
Cooper, Douglas. "Au Jas de Bouffan." L'Oeil 2 (February 15, 1955), pp. 15–16, ill. p. 12.
Gowing, Lawrence. "The Early Work of Paul Cézanne." In Cézanne: The Early Years 1859-1872. London: Royal Academy of Arts, 1988. Exhibition catalogue, fig. 2 (photograph of the mural Paysage avec pêcheur painted on the wall of the Jas de Bouffan before it was removed and divided).
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. 39, ill. vol. 2, as Paysage romantique aux pêcheurs – Le Pêcheur au rocher.
Lewis, Mary Tompkins. "Cézanne's Paintings in the Grand Salon at Jas de Bouffan." In Jas de Bouffan: Cézanne, Société Paul Cézanne. Aix-en-Provence: Hexagone, 2004, fig. 50, ill. in color.
Coutagne, Denis. "The Jas de Bouffan." In Cézanne in Provence. Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art and New Haven: Yale University Press, 2006. Exhibition catalogue, p. 80, fig. 6, as Le Pêcheur au rocher.
Cezanne, Jas de Bouffan: art et histoire. Under the scientific direction of Denis Coutagne and François Chédeville. Lyon; Aix-en-Provence: Fage édition; Société Paul Cezanne, 2019, figs. 85 (digital reconstitution of mural before division), 248 pp. 102, 265 (figs. 226, 227 digital reconstitutions of the Jas de Bouffan's Grand Salon before and after 1867 pp. 242-243).
Record last updated October 27, 2023. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Le Pêcheur au rocher, 1862–64 (FWN 581), Mural transferred to canvas." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=55 (accessed on May 2, 2025).
