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 676
La Barque et les baigneurs
c.1890
Alternate titles: Baigneurs; Barque; Barque, baigneurs et baigneuses; Bathers; Boat and Bathers; La barca y las bañistas; La barque; La barque et les baigneurs; La barque et les baigneuses; Le bain or La barque et les baigneuses; Nymphes au bord de la mer; The Barque and the Bathers; The Boat and the Bathers
Rewald (644): c.1890; Venturi revised: 1897–98; Cézanne fils: 1880 and 1888; Venturi (583): 1890–94; Ratcliffe: 1888–89
Oil on canvas
11 13/16 x 48 13/16 in. (30 x 124 cm)
Provenance
Private collection, Paris (central fragment)
Exhibition History
Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, Exposition rétrospective Paul Cézanne (1839-1906) au profit de la caisse du Monument Cézanne, June 1–30, 1926, n.n.
Galerie Charpentier, Paris, Paysages d'eau douce, April 27–June 1945, no. 20, as Baigneurs.
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, The Classic tradition in contemporary art, April 24–June 28, 1953, no. 16, ill., as Bathers, c. 1900 (left fragment).
Orangerie, Paris, Collection Jean Walter – Paul Guillaume, January 1966, no. 12 and 13, ill. (no. 12 left fragment, no. 13 right fragment).
Orangerie, Paris, Cézanne dans les musées nationaux, July 19–October 14, 1974, extended until October 28, no. 40, ill. in b/w, as La barque et les baigneurs.
The Museum of Modern Art, New York and Reunion des Musees Nationaux, Paris, France, Cézanne: The Late Work, October 7, 1977–January 3, 1978, hors catalogue. Traveled to: Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, January 26–March 19, 1978; Grand Palais, Paris, Cezanne: Les dernières années (1895–1906), April 20–July 23, 1978 (see Paris 1978a for a separate listing because the catalogue numbers are different from the two American venues).
Grand Palais, Paris, Cézanne: Les dernières années (1895–1906), April 20–July 23, 1978, hors catalogue.
Hôtel des Monnaies, Paris, Exposition rétrospective du 20e anniversaire du prix Victor Chocquet, March 23–April 6, 1979, n.n., as La barque et les baigneuses.
Kunstmuseum, Basel, Switzerland, Paul Cézanne: Die Badenden, September 10–December 10, 1989, no. 53, pl. 174.
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. 11, ill., as La Barque et les baigneurs. 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. 28, ill., and detail of the bathers on the right (not in Barcelona catalogue), as La Barque et les baigneurs, c. 1890. 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.
Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid, Forma. El ideal clásico en el arte moderno, October 9, 2001–January 13, 2002, no. 24, p. 204, ill. p. 83, as La barca y las bañistas, c. 1890, lent by Musée de l'Orangerie, Paris.
Musée des Augustins, Toulouse, France, Cézanne: quartoze chefs-œuvres du musée de l'Orangerie, December 16, 2003–April 15, 2004, no. 12, ill., as La Barque et les baigneurs.
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. 102–03, ill., as La Barque et les baigneurs.
Musée André Diligent, la Piscine, Roubaix, France, Conversation anglaise: le groupe de Bloomsbury, November 21, 2009–February 28, 2010, no. 7, ill., as La barque et les baigneurs.
Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest, Hungary, Cézanne and the Past: Tradition and Creativity, October 25, 2012–February 17, 2013, no. 142, ill.
Musée des Beaux-Arts, Caen, France, Un été au bord de l'eau: loisirs et impressionnisme, March 27–September 29, 2013, no. 44, ill., as La Barque et les baigneurs, 1890.
Fuji Art Museum, Tokyo, Impressionists at the Waterside: depicting urban resorts: Paris, the Seine, and Normandy, October 22, 2013–January 5, 2014, no. 88, ill., as The Boat and the Bathers. Traveled to: City Museum, Fukuoka, Japan, January 15–March 2, 2014; The Museum of Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan, March 11–May 11, 2014.
Sammlung Oskar Reinhart "am Römerholz," Winterthur, Switzerland, Victor Chocquet: Freund und Sammler der Impressionisten, Renoir, Cézanne, Monet, Manet, February 20–June 7, 2015, no. 27, ill.
Fondation Pierre Gianadda, Martigny, Switzerland, Paul Cézanne: le chant de la terre, June 16–November 19, 2017, no. 98, ill. lent by Musée de l'Orangerie, Paris.
Musée de l'Orangerie, Paris, Le décor impressionniste: aux sources des nymphéas, March 2–July 11, 2022, no. 117, ill., pp. 170–71.
Palazzo Reale, Milan, Cézanne/Renoir, Capolovori dal Musée de l'Orangerie, March 19–June 30, 2024, no. 8, 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
Bernheim-Jeune, ed. Cézanne. With contributions by O. Mirbeau, T. Duret, L. Werth, et al. Paris: Editions Hollande, 1914, pl. XXVII.
"Un panneau décoratif de Cézanne [Illustration]." Le Carnet des artistes: art ancien, art moderne, arts appliqués, no. 11 (1917), ill. p. 14.
Bernheim-Jeune, ed. L'Art moderne et quelques aspects de l'art d'autrefois: cent-soixante-treize planches d'après la collection privée de MM. J. & G. Bernheim-Jeune, poèmes de Henri de Régnier , 2 vols. Paris: Bernheim-Jeune, 1919, pl. 26.
Rivière, Georges. Le Maître Paul Cézanne. Paris: Librairie Floury, 1923, pp. 209, 217, listed.
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 583, ill. vol. II, as La Barque et les baigneurs.
Roger-Marx, Claude. "Le nu et la mer." Le jardin des arts (Paris), no. 11 (September 11, 1955), ill. p. 661, as La barque et les baigneuses.
Waldfogel, Melvin. "A Problem in Cézanne's 'Grandes Baigneuses.'" The Burlington Magazine 104, no. 710 (May 1962), pp. 200 and 203-204, fig. 30 (detail of the bathers on the left) and fig. 31.
Lemoyne de Forges, Marie-Thérèse et Geneviève Allemand. "La collection Jean Walter - Paul-Guillaume." La Revue du Louvre et des musées de France, no. 1 (1966), fig. 3, fig. 4 (left fragment) and fig. 5 (right fragment), as Nymphes au bord de la mer.
Musée de l'Orangerie. Collection Jean Walter - Paul Guillaume. Paris: Réunion des musées nationaux, 1966, no. 12, ill. (left fragment; no. 13, ill. (right fragment), as Nymphes au bord de la mer.
Rewald, John. "Chocquet et Cézanne." Gazette des beaux-arts, vol. 74, periode 6 (July–August 1969), p. 69; p. 83, no. 19, p. 95, note 82.
Brion, Marcel. Cézanne. Milan: Fratelli Fabbri, 1971, ill. p. 60 (left fragment) and p. 61 (right fragment), as Nymphes au bord de la mer.
Schapiro, Meyer. Paul Cézanne. Translated by Louis-Marie Ollivier. Paris: Nouvelles Editions Françaises, 1973, p. 63, ill.
Adhémar, Hélène. "Cézanne dans les collections des musées nationaux." La Revue du Louvre et des musées de France, no. 3 (1974), fig. 2-4 pp. 218–19.
"Acquisitions des musées." La Chronique des arts: supplément à la Gazette des beaux-arts, no. 1274 (March 1975), p. 14, no. 47, ill. (central fragment), as Barque.
"La peinture à l'honneur à l'hôtel des Monnaies." Cahier d'information de l'administartion centrale de l'economie et du budget (Paris), no. 23 (April 1979), p. 34, ill.
Müller, Joseph-Emile. Cézanne. Translated by Jane Brenton. Paris: Fernand Hazan, 1982, pl. 44.
Compin, Isabelle et Anne Roquebert. Catalogue sommaire illustré des peintures du musée du Louvre et du musée d'Orsay. 3, École Française, A-K. Paris: Réunion des musées nationaux, 1986, p. 116, ill., as La barque (central fragment).
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. 34, no. 11, ill. and detail of the bathers on the right, as La Barque et les baigneurs.
Hoog, Michel. Catalogue of the Jean Walter and Paul Guillaume Collection. Translated by Barbara Shuey. Paris: Réunion des musées nationaux, 1987, pp. 34–35, no. 11, ill., as Boat and Bathers.
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. 644, ill. vol. 2, as La Barque et les baigneurs.
Georgel, Pierre. "La collection Jean Walter et Paul Guillaume: histoire et propos." In De Renoir à Picasso: Chefs-d'œuvre du Musée de l'Orangerie. Montreal: Museum of Fine Arts, 2000. Exhibition catalogue, p. 83 (cat. no. 28), as La barque et les baigneurs.
Litoral: revista de la poesía, el arte y el pensamiento (Malaga), no. 231-232 ("La poesía del mar") (2001), ill. pp. 74-75, as La barca y las bañistas.
Ballas, Guila. Cézanne: baigneuses et baigneurs: thème et composition. Paris: Adam Biro, 2002, p. 308, no. 239, ill., as Barque, baigneurs et baigneuses, c. 1890.
Von der Weid, Jean-Joël. Musée de l'Orangerie: guide de visite. Paris: Artlys, 2006, ill. p. 44-45, as La Barque et les baigneurs.
Geskó, Judit. "'Builderly' Painting: The Making of an Exhibition." In Cézanne and the Past: Tradition and Creativity. Budapest: Museum of Fine Arts, 2012. Exhibition catalogue, p. 20, cat. 142, ill. (detail), as The Barque and the Bathers.
Colrat, Jean. Cézanne: Joindre les mains errantes de la nature. Paris-Sorbonne: PUPS, 2013, p. 206, pl. 93.
Dauberville, Guy-Patrice, and Floriane Dauberville. Paul Cezanne chez Bernheim-Jeune. Paris: Editions G-P.F. Dauberville & Archives Bernheim-Jeune, 2020, no. 238, ill., as Le bain or La barque et les baigneuses, photograph of painting hanging in the Bernheim-Jeune residence at 107 avenue Henri Martin, p. 9.
Cézanne, Philippe. Paul Cezanne dépeint par ses contemporains. Lyon: Fage éditions, 2021, fig. 43.
Record last updated September 20, 2022. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "La Barque et les baigneurs, c.1890 (FWN 676)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=625 (accessed on October 5, 2024).
