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 256
Sous-bois
c.1888
Alternate titles: Landscape; Paesaggio provenzale, sottobosco; Paysage; Paysage de Provence; Paysage provençal; Paysage provençal, sous-bois; Provençal Landscape; Sous-bois provençal
Rewald (613): c.1888; Venturi revised: 1880–81; Venturi (446): 1885–86; Vollard: c.1888; Gowing: c.1889 (Edinburgh); Ratcliffe: possibly 1889
Oil on canvas
31 1/2 x 24 3/16 in. (80 x 61.5 cm)
31 15/16 x 25 11/16 in. (81 x 65.2 cm) (Davies Coll., 2009)
Provenance
Exhibition History
Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, Paul Cézanne, January 10–22, 1910, no. 15, as Paysage, lent by Cochin.
Victoria Art Gallery, Bath, United Kingdom, Modern Art, April 1918–September 1920, ill., Pl. I-A, lent by Gwendoline Davies.
Burlington Fine Arts Club, London, Pictures, Drawings, and Sculptures of the French School of the Last 100 Years, Spring 1922, no. 44, as Landscape, lent by G. Davies.
Leicester Galleries, London, Paintings and Drawings by Paul Cézanne, June–July 1925, no. 9, as Paysage provençal, lent by Miss Davies.
Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, Paintings by Cézanne, August 20–September 18, 1954, no. 46, as Sous-bois provençal, c. 1889, lent by the National Museum of Wales. Traveled to: Tate Gallery, London, September 29–October 27, 1954.
Kunstnerforbundet, Oslo, Norway, Paul Cezanne: 28 malerier, November 13–December 1, 1954, no. 18, as Sous-bois provençal, c. 1889, lent by National Museum of Wales, Cardiff.
Thomas Agnew & Sons, London, Loan exhibition: Some pictures from the National Museum of Wales exhibited in aid of the Friends of the National Museum of Wales, January 3–February 4, 1956, no. 17.
Musée Marmottan, Paris, Chefs-d'oeuvre impressionnistes du Musée National du Pays de Galle, May–June 1979, no. 21, ill.
Wildenstein, London, Paintings from the Davies Collection, March 1–30, 1979, no. 31, ill., as Paysage provençal, sous-bois.
Casa dei Carraresi, Treviso, Italy, L'Oro e l'azzurro: I colori del Sud da Cézanne a Bonnard, October 10, 2003–March 7, 2004, no. 32, ill., as Paesaggio provenzale, sottobosco, 1888.
Columbia Museum of Art, Columbia, South Carolina, Turner to Cézanne: Masterpieces from the Davies Collection, National Museum of Wales, March 6–June 7, 2009, no. 8, ill., (dated c. 1887), as Provençal Landscape. Traveled to: Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, New York, June 25–September 20, 2009; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., October 8, 2009–January 3, 2010; Albuquerque Museum of Art & History, Albuquerque, New Mexico, May 16–August 8, 2010.
Published References
Constable, W.G. "Modern Art at the Victoria Art Gallery, Bath." The Burlington Magazine for Connoisseurs 36, no. 203 (February 1920), fig. A pl. I, as Paysage.
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 446, ill. vol. II, as Sous-bois provençal.
Ingamells, John. The Davies Collection of French Art. Cardiff: National Museum of Wales, 1967, p. 35, ill.
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. 613, ill. vol. 2, as Sous-bois.
Robbins, Anne. Cézanne in Britain. London: National Gallery, 2006. Exhibition catalogue, p. 93, as Sous-bois, listed.
Chédeville, François. "Le Viaduc dans la plaine de l'Arc IV." Société Paul Cézanne (October 15, 2014).
Dauberville, Guy-Patrice, and Floriane Dauberville. Paul Cezanne chez Bernheim-Jeune. Paris: Editions G-P.F. Dauberville & Archives Bernheim-Jeune, 2020, no. 117, ill., as Paysage de Provence.
Record last updated December 16, 2021. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Sous-bois, c.1888 (FWN 256)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=595 (accessed on January 22, 2025).
