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Catalogue entry

FWN 483
Portrait de madame Cezanne
c.1890
Alternate titles: Madame Cézanne; Madame Cézanne en bleu; Portrait de Madame Cézanne; Portrait de Madame Cézanne en bleu; Portrait de Mme Cézanne; Portrait of Madame Cézanne; Portret van Mevrouw Cézanne
Rewald (684): c.1890; Venturi revised: 1883–86; Venturi (523): 1885–90
Oil on canvas
31 7/8 x 25 5/8 in. (81 x 65 cm)
Vollard archives: photo no. 356, Annotated by Cezanne's son: 1886
Musée de l'Orangerie, Paris (Collection Jean Walter et Paul Guillaume) (RF 1960-9)

Keywords

Provenance
Paul Cassirer, Berlin, Germany
Paul Guillaume, Paris (c. 1926);
Madame Jean Walter (Mme Paul Guillaume), Paris
Musée de l'Orangerie, Paris (1960)
Exhibition History
1926a Paris
Société des artistes indépendants, Grand Palais, Paris, Trente ans d’art indépendant: rétrospective de 1884 à 1914, February 20–March 21, 1926, no. 2869, as Portrait de Madame Cézanne, lent by Paul Guillaume.
1929 Paris
Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, Collection Paul Guillaume: exposition au profit de la Société des Amis du Luxembourg, May 25–June 1929, p. 19, ill., as Madame Cézanne en bleu.
1930a Paris
Galerie Pigalle, Paris, Exposition Cèzanne, 1839–1906, January 4–February 7, 1930, no. 12, ill., as Madame Cézanne en bleu, lent by P. Guillaume.
1930 Amsterdam
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Vincent van Gogh en zijn tijdgenooten, September 6–November 2, 1930, no. 129, as Portret van Mevrouw Cézanne, lent by P. Guillaume, Paris.
1931a Paris
Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, Cézanne, May 18–29, 1931.
1936 Paris
Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, Portraits de femmes et enfants, April 14–May 8, 1936, no. 7, as Portrait de Madame Cézanne.
1936c Paris
Musée de l'Orangerie, Paris, Cézanne, May 20–October 11, 1936, no. 65, as Portrait de Madame Cézanne en bleu, lent by Mme Guillaume.
1939b Paris
Société des artistes indépendants, Grand Palais, Paris, 50e exposition - Centenaire du peintre indépendant Paul Cézanne, March 17–April 10, 1939, no. 15, as Portrait de Mme Cézanne, lent by Madame Paul Guillaume.
1945g Paris
Galerie Charpentier, Paris, Portraits français, Summer 1945, no. 11, as Portrait de madame Cézanne.
1966a Paris
Orangerie, Paris, Collection Jean Walter – Paul Guillaume, January 1966, no. 11, ill.
1974b Paris
Orangerie, Paris, Cézanne dans les musées nationaux, July 19–October 14, 1974, extended until October 28, no. 35, ill. in b/w, as Madame Cézanne, c. 1885-1890.
1978b Paris
Grand Palais, Paris, De Renoir à Matisse: 22 chefs-d'oeuvre des musées soviétiques et français, June 6–September 18, 1978, no. 4, ill., as Madame Cézanne, c. 1885-1890.
1980 Athens and traveling
Pinacothèque Nationale - Musée Alexandre Soutzos, Athens, Greece, Impressionnistes et post-impressionnistes des musées français: de Manet à Matisse, January 30–April 20, 1980, no. 6, ill., as Madame Cézanne, c. 1885-90.
1982 Prague and traveling
National Gallery - Waldstein Riding School, Prague, Od Courbeta k Cézannovi: obrazy z let 1848-1886 ze sbírek francouzských muzeí [From Courbet to Cézanne: paintings from 1848-1886, from the collections of French museums], September–October 1982, no. 20, ill. c. 1885-90, with erroneous Venturi no. Traveled to: Nationalgalerie - Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Berlin, December 10, 1982–February 20, 1983.
1982–83 Berlin
Nationalgalerie - Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Berlin, Von Courbet bis Cézanne: Französische Malerei 1848-1886, December 10, 1982–February 20, 1983, no. 20, ill., as Madame Cézanne, c. 1885-90, with erroneous Venturi no.
1984 Madrid
Museo Español de Arte Contemporáneo, Madrid, Paul Cézanne, March 9–April 1984, no. 33.
1997–98 Stockholm
Nationalmuseum, Stockholm, Cézanne i blickpunkten, October 17, 1997–January 11, 1998, no. 4, ill., pp. 36–37 (dated 1885–87).
1998–2000 Tokyo and traveling
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. 10, ill., as Portrait de Madame Cézanne. 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.
2000–02 Montreal and traveling
Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal, From Renoir to Picasso: Masterpieces from the Musée de l'Orangerie, June 1–October 15, 2000, no. 27, ill., as Portrait de Madame Cézanne, c. 1885-90. 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.
2003–2004 Toulouse
Musée des Augustins, Toulouse, France, Cézanne: quartoze chefs-œuvres du musée de l'Orangerie, December 16, 2003–April 15, 2004, no. 3, ill., as Portrait de Madame Cézanne.
2005 Bergamo
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. 104–05, ill., as Portrait de Madame Cézanne.
2008–09 Paris
Grand Palais, Paris, Picasso et les maîtres, October 8, 2008–February 2, 2009, listed p. 356, as Portrait de Mme Cézanne.
2014–15b New York
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Madame Cézanne, November 19, 2014–March 15, 2015, n.n., pl. 24, lent by Musée de l'Orangerie, Paris.
2017 Paris
Musée d'Orsay, Paris, Cézanne Portraits, June 13–September 24, 2017, no. 33, ill. shown in Paris only.
Published References
Fegdal 1926
Fegdal, Charles. "Trente ans d'art indépendant (suite)." La Revue des beaux-arts (Paris) (Mars 15, 1926), p. 4, as Portrait de Mme Cézanne.
Waldemar-George 1926
Waldemar-George. "Trente ans d'art indépendant: rétrospetcive de la Société des artistes indépendants." L'Amour de l'art 7, no. 3 (March 1926), ill. p. 90, as Portrait.
Les Arts à Paris 1927
Les Arts à Paris, no. 13 (June 1927), ill. p. 18, as Portrait de Madame Cézanne.
Waldemar-George 1929a
Waldemar-George. La grande peinture contemporaine à la collection Paul Guillaume. Paris: Éditions des Arts à Paris, 1929, ill. p. 19, as Madame Cézanne en bleu.
Charensol 1930
Charensol, Georges. "Cézanne à la galerie Pigalle." L'Art vivant (Paris), no. 124 (February 15, 1930), p. 181, ill.
Neugass 1930
Neugass, Fritz. "Paul Cézanne." Der Cicerone 22 , no. 4 (1930), p. 108.
P. B. 1930
P. B. "Cézanne à la galerie Pigalle." Beaux-arts: Chronique des arts et de la curiosité, no. 1 (January 20, 1930), p. 23, as Madame Cézanne en bleu.
Venturi 1936b
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 523, ill. vol. II, as Portrait de Madame Cézanne.
Rilke 1944
Rilke, Rainer Maria. Lettres sur Cézanne. Paris: Editions Correa, 1944, frontispiece, reproduced.
Musée de l'Orangerie 1966
Musée de l'Orangerie. Collection Jean Walter - Paul Guillaume. Paris: Réunion des musées nationaux, 1966, no. 11, ill., as Portrait de Madame Cézanne.
Van Buren 1966
Buren, Anne H. van. "Madame Cézanne's Fashions and the Dates of Her Portraits." Art Quarterly 29, no. 2 (1966), fig. 15 (dated 1882–87).
Ikegami 1969
Ikegami, Chuji. Cézanne. Tokyo: Shueisha, 1969, pl. 39.
Andersen 1970
Andersen, Wayne V. Cézanne's Portrait Drawings. Cambridge, MA, London: MIT Press, 1970, p. 37, fig. 32.
Brion 1971
Brion, Marcel. Cézanne. Milan: Fratelli Fabbri, 1971, ill. p. 47.
Schapiro 1973
Schapiro, Meyer. Paul Cézanne. Translated by Louis-Marie Ollivier. Paris: Nouvelles Editions Françaises, 1973, p. 59, ill.
Harris 1982
Harris, Nathaniel. The Art of Cézanne. London: Optimum Books, 1982, p. 32, ill. in color.
Hoog 1986
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. 32, no. 10, ill., as Portrait de Madame Cézanne.
Hoog 1987
Hoog, Michel. Catalogue of the Jean Walter and Paul Guillaume Collection. Translated by Barbara Shuey. Paris: Réunion des musées nationaux, 1987, pp. 32–33, no. 10, ill., as Portrait of Madame Cézanne, shown with Granet portrait, p. 32, for comparison.
Wattenmaker et al 1993
Wattenmaker, Richard et al. Great French Paintings from The Barnes Foundation. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1993. Exhibition catalogue, p. 112, fig. 1.
Arrouye 1995
Arrouye, Jean. Cézanne: Paris, Provence. Paris: Textuel, 1995, p. 130, ill.
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. 684, ill. vol. 2, as Portrait de Madame Cézanne.
Sidlauskas 2009
Sidlauskas, Susan. Cézanne's Other: The Portraits of Hortense. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2009, pl. 13, as Portrait de Madame Cézanne.
Dombrowski, Ireson and Patry 2021
Dombrowski, André, Nancy Ireson, and Sylvie Patry, eds. Cézanne in the Barnes Foundation. New York: Rizzoli Electa in association with The Barnes Foundation, 2021, p. 197, fig. 14, as Portrait of Madame Cézanne.
Record last updated June 21, 2022. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Portrait de madame Cezanne, c.1890 (FWN 483)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=662 (accessed on April 26, 2024).