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 254
Château des environs de Paris: also known as Le Château de Marines
1888–90
Alternate titles: Castello nei dintorni di Parigi (La Château de Marine); Château de Marines; Le Château de Marines
Rewald (630): 1888–90; Venturi revised: c.1888; Venturi (636): 1888–90; Machotka et al: 1888–89
Oil on canvas
28 11/16 x 36 3/16 in. (73 x 92 cm)
Vollard A stockbook: no. 3875, huile; un peu de route, des arbres, une petite maison puis une autre plus grande, 74 x 92 cm (200 frs)
Provenance
Exhibition History
Basel, Switzerland, Maîtres français au musée de Bâle, 1932.
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Honderd jaar Fransche kunst, July 2–September 25, 1938, no. 31a, as Le Château de Marines, lent by J. Thannhauser.
Gemeentemuseum, The Hague, the Netherlands, 1939, no number, ill.
La Jolla Art Center, San Diego, 1956, no number, ill.
Kunstmuseum Bern, Bern, Switzerland, Sammlung Justin Thannhauser, June 6–September 18, 1978, no. 4, ill. in color, p. 35.
Kunstforum, Vienna, Cézanne: Vollendet unvollendet, January 20–April 25, 2000, no. 75, ill., as Château des environs de Paris: also known as Le Château de Marines, shown in Zürich only. Traveled to: Kunsthaus, Zürich, May 5–August 13, 2000 (initially planned to end on July 30 the exhibition was extended until August 13).
Complesso del Vittoriano, Rome, Cézanne: Il padre dei moderni, March 7–July 7, 2002, listed p. 164, ill., as Castello nei dintorni di Parigi (La Château de Marine), lent by Kunstmuseun Bern (on deposit from Hilde Thannhauser).
Louisiana Museum of Art, Humlebæk, Denmark, Cézanne & Giacometti: Paths of Doubt, February 20–June 29, 2008, no. 30, ill. p. 54, as Le Château de Marines, lent by Kunstmuseum Bern.
Published References
Di San Lazzaro, Gualtieri. Paul Cézanne. Paris: Chroniques du Jour, 1936, fig. 16.
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 636, ill. vol. II, as Château de Marines.
Schapiro, Meyer. Paul Cézanne. Translated by Louis-Marie Ollivier. Paris: Nouvelles Editions Françaises, 1973, pl. 26 (with comments).
Monteil, Annemarie. "Ein Kunsthändler, ganz privat." Basler Zeitung, July 15, 1978, ill., as Château de Marines.
Zaugg, Fred. "Aus Bildern komponierter Lebensraum: zur Ausstellung der Sammlung Justin Thannhauser." Der kleine Bund, July 8, 1978, 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. 630, ill. vol. 2, as Château des environs de Paris: also known as Le Château de Marines.
Dittmann, Lorenz. Die Kunst Cézannes: Farbe, Rythmus, Symbolik. Cologne: Böhlau, 2005, p. 120, ill. in b/w.
Notes
Contemporary scholars do not believe that the subject of this work is the Château at Marines. It could, however, be a site near Montgeroult.
Record last updated July 16, 2021. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Château des environs de Paris: also known as Le Château de Marines, 1888–90 (FWN 254)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=612 (accessed on May 21, 2025).
