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© Image courtesy of the Board of Trustees, National Gallery of Art, Washington
FWN 486
Paul Cezanne, fils de l'artiste
1886–87
Alternate titles: Jeune homme au chapeau melon; Le jeune homme au petit chapeau; Portrait au chapeau melon; Portrait de jeune homme; Portrait de Paul Cezanne fils; Portrait de Paul Cézanne, fils de l'artiste; The Artist's Son, Paul
Rewald (649): 1888–90; Venturi revised: c.1890; Cézanne fils: 1885; Venturi (519): 1885
Oil on canvas
25 3/8 x 21 1/4 in. (64.5 x 54 cm)
Vollard archives: photo no. 544
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. (Chester Dale Collection)

Keywords

Provenance
Hortense Cézanne, Paris
Georges Bernheim, Paris (1918)
Dr. Jacques Soubiès, Paris;
Soubiès Collection, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, June 14, 1928, no. 30, ill.
Galerie E. Bignou, Paris
Chester Dale, New York;
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. (1963)
Exhibition History
1920d Paris
Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, Cézanne, December 1–18, 1920, no. 23, ill., as Portrait de jeune homme, lent by Georges Bernheim.
1926b Paris
Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, Exposition rétrospective Paul Cézanne (1839-1906) au profit de la caisse du Monument Cézanne, June 1–30, 1926, no. 12, as Portrait de jeune homme, lent by Soubies.
1928c New York
Wildenstein Galleries, New York, Modern French Art from the Chester Dale Collection, October 1928, no. 2.
1928f New York
Knoedler Galleries, New York, A Century of French Painting, November 12–December 8, 1928, no. 26, as Le jeune homme au petit chapeau, lent by Mrs. Chester Dale.
2017 Paris
Musée d'Orsay, Paris, Cézanne Portraits, June 13–September 24, 2017, no. 36, ill. shown in Washington only.
2017–18 Paris and traveling
Musée d'Orsay, Paris, Cézanne Portraits, June 13–September 24, 2017, no. 12.1, ill. shown in Washington only. Traveled to: National Portrait Gallery, London, October 26, 2017–February 11, 2018; National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C, March 25–July 1, 2018.
Published References
Vauvrecy and Cezanne 1920
Vauvrecy; Paul Cézanne. "Vie de Cézanne'';''Lettres de Cézanne." L'Esprit nouveau: revue internationale d'esthétique, no. 2 (1920), ill. in color p. 118.
Rivière 1923
Rivière, Georges. Le Maître Paul Cézanne. Paris: Librairie Floury, 1923, p. 213, listed.
Faure 1923a
Faure, Élie. P. Cézanne. Paris, 1923, pl. 15, as Portrait au chapeau melon.
Ozenfant and Jeanneret 1924
Ozenfant, Amedée, and Charles Edouard Jeanneret. La Peinture moderne. Paris: Les Éditions Crès, 1924, pp. 30–31.
Anonymous 1926
Anonymous. "L'exposition du peintre aixois Paul Cézanne." Le Petit Provençal, June 2, 1926, p. 2, as Jeune homme au chapeau melon.
Dormoy 1926a
Dormoy, Marie, translated by Margarete Mauthner. "Die Cézanne - Ausstellung bei Bernheim-Jeune." Kunst und Künstler 24, no. 11 (1926), p. 448.
Pemberton 1928
Pemberton, Murdock. "Some Impertinent Questions." Creative Art (September 1928), p. xxxix, ill.
Santenac 1928
Santenac, Paul. "Vente de la collection du Dr. Soubiès." La Renaissance de l'art français et des industries de luxe (Paris), vol. 11, no. 5 (May 1928), ill. p. [212], as Le jeune homme au petit chapeau.
Dale and Dale 1929
Dale, Chester and Maud Dale. Before Manet to Modigliani from the Chester Dale Collection. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1929, no. 58, ill.
Dale 1931
Dale, Maud. "Amerika und Europa." Kunst und Künstler 29, no. 6 (1931), ill. p. 243.
McBride 1931a
McBride, Henry. "The Chester Dale Collection at New-York." Formes: revue internationale des arts plastiques, no. 14 (April 1931), p. 58, as Le jeune homme au petit chapeau.
Mack 1935
Mack, Gerstle. Paul Cézanne. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1935, fig. 18.
Faure 1936
Faure, Élie. Cézanne. Paris: Editions Braun, 1936, pl. 38.
Venturi 1936b
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 519, ill. vol. II, as Portrait de Paul Cézanne, fils de l'artiste.
Novotny 1937
Novotny, Fritz. Cézanne. Vienna: Phaidon, 1937, pl. 47.
Goldwater 1938
Goldwater, Robert J. "Cézanne in America: The Master's Paintings in American Collections." Art News Annual 36, no. 26 (March 26, 1938), p. 137, ill.
Mack 1938
Mack, Gerstle. La Vie de Paul Cézanne. Translated by Nancy Bouwens. Paris: Gallimard, 1938, ill. opp. p. 200.
Cogniat 1939a
Cogniat, Raymond. Cézanne. Paris: Pierre Tisné, 1939, pl. 66.
Rewald 1939c
Rewald, John. Cézanne, sa vie, son œuvre, son amitié pour Zola. Paris: Albin Michel, 1939, fig. 61.
Magazine of Art 1942
"The Golden Years of France." Magazine of Art vol, 35, no. 5 (May 1942), p. 178, ill., as The Artist's Son, Paul.
National Gallery of Art 1942
French Paintings from the Chester Dale Collection. Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 1942, p. 68, ill., as The Artist's Son, Paul.
Jewell 1944a
Jewell, Edward Alden. Paul Cézanne. New York: Hyperion Press, 1944, p. 36, ill.
Schildt 1946
Schildt, Göran. Cézanne. Stockholm: Wahlström & Widstrand, 1946, fig. 40.
Novotny 1947
Novotny, Fritz. Cézanne. London: Phaidon Press, 1947, pl. 44, as Portrait de Paul Cézanne, fils de l'artiste, 1885.
Chester Dale 1948
French Paintings from the Chester Dale Collection. Washington, D.C. 1953, p. 68, ill., as The Artist's Son, Paul.
Dorival 1948
Dorival, Bernard. Cézanne. Paris: Pierre Tisné, 1948, pl. 108, listed p. 163.
Rewald 1948b
Rewald, John. Paul Cézanne: A Biography. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1948, fig. 69.
Rewald 1950a
Rewald, John. Cézanne. London: Phoenix House, 1950, fig. 49.
Raynal 1954
Raynal, Maurice. Cézanne. Geneva: Skira, 1954, p. 75, ill.
Hess 1957
Hess, Walter. "Zum Bild des Menschen in der Kunst Cézanne." Die Kunst und das schöne Heim, no. 9 (June 1957), p. 339, ill.
Novotny 1961
Novotny, Fritz. Cézanne. London: Phaidon, 1961, pls. 15 (detail), 16.
Taillandier 1961
Taillander, Yvon. P. Cézanne. Milan: Antonio Vallardi, 1961, p. 62.
Feist 1963
Feist, Peter Heinz. Paul Cézanne. Leipzig: E.A. Seemann, 1963, pp. 17, 32, pl. 46.
Ikegami 1969
Ikegami, Chuji. Cézanne. Tokyo: Shueisha, 1969, pl. 26.
Andersen 1970
Andersen, Wayne V. Cézanne's Portrait Drawings. Cambridge, MA, London: MIT Press, 1970, p. 31, fig. 27.
Huyghe 1971
Huyghe, René. Impressionism. London: Bracken Books, 1971, p. 240, ill.
Schapiro 1973
Schapiro, Meyer. Paul Cézanne. Translated by Louis-Marie Ollivier. Paris: Nouvelles Editions Françaises, 1973, p. 50, ill.
National Gallery of Art 1975
European Paintings: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue. Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 1975, no. 1764, ill. p. 61, as The Artist's Son, Paul.
Watson 1979
Watson, Ross. National Gallery of Art, Washington. London: Orbis, 1979, pp. 120–21, ill.
Kelder 1980
Kelder, Diane. The Great Book of French Impressionism. New York: Abbeville Press, 1980, p. 404, ill.
Plazy 1981
Plazy, Gilles. Cézanne. Fribourg: Editions Medea, 1981, p. 16.
Rewald 1986b
Rewald, John. Cézanne: A Biography. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1986, p. 126, ill.
Lévêque 1988
Lévêque, Jean Jacques. La Vie et l'oeuvre de Paul Cézanne. Courbevoie: ACR, 1988, p. 11, ill. in color.
Skedsmo 1991
Skedsmo, Tone. "Omkring et portrett malt av Paul Cézanne." Kunst og Kultur,, no. 1 (1991), fig. 1.
Verdi 1992
Verdi, Richard. Cézanne. London and New York: Thames & Hudson, 1992, p. 102, fig. 83.
Cachin and Rishel 1995
Cachin, Françoise, and Joseph Rishel. Cézanne. Paris: Réunion des musées nationaux, 1995. Exhibition catalogue, p. 285, fig. 1.
Rewald 1996
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. 649, ill. vol. 2, as Portrait de Paul Cézanne, fils de l'artiste.
Athanassoglou-Kallmyer 2003
Athanassoglou-Kallmyer, Nina M. Cézanne and Provence: The Painter in His Culture. Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press, 2003, p. 34, fig. 1.19, as Portrait de Paul Cézanne, fils de l'artiste.
Machotka 2008
Machotka, Pavel. Cézanne: The Eye and the Mind, 2 vols. Marseille: Editions Crès, 2008, vol. 1, fig. 250; vol. 2, p. 168, as Portrait de Paul Cézanne, fils de l'artiste.
Sidlauskas 2009
Sidlauskas, Susan. Cézanne's Other: The Portraits of Hortense. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2009, p. 13, fig. 4, as Portrait de Paul Cézanne, fils de l'artiste, dated c. 1885–90.
Lloyd 2015
Lloyd, Christopher. Paul Cézanne, Drawings and Watercolors. London and Los Angeles: Thames & Hudson and John Paul Getty Museum, 2015, p. 23, fig. 6.
Société Paul Cezanne 2019
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, fig. 206 p. 214.
Dauberville 2020
Dauberville, Guy-Patrice, and Floriane Dauberville. Paul Cezanne chez Bernheim-Jeune. Paris: Editions G-P.F. Dauberville & Archives Bernheim-Jeune, 2020, no. 219, ill., as Portrait de Paul Cezanne fils.
Cezanne 2021
Cézanne, Philippe. Paul Cezanne dépeint par ses contemporains. Lyon: Fage éditions, 2021, fig. 144.
Warman 2021
Warman, Jayne. "Chronology." In Cézanne in the Barnes Foundation. New York: Rizzoli Electa, 2021, p. 360, ill., as The Artist's Son, Paul.
Notes

The rather formal portrait of the artist's son was probably painted at the Jas de Bouffan around the time of his parent's marriage on April 28, 1886.

Record last updated November 16, 2021. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Paul Cezanne, fils de l'artiste, 1886–87 (FWN 486)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=630 (accessed on April 25, 2024).