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 272
Pigeonnier de Bellevue
c.1890
Rewald (694): c.1890; Venturi revised: 1890–94; Venturi (654): 1888–92; Ratcliffe: possibly first half of 1889
Oil on canvas
22 13/16 x 30 11/16 in. (58 x 78 cm)
Vollard A stockbook: no. 3494, Une maison et une sorte de tour dans la campagne à côté de q.q. arbres ciel bleu (huile), 81 x 60 cm (100 frs)
Private collection, Bern
Provenance
Exhibition History
Galerie de la Gazette des Beaux-Arts, Paris, La peinture française du XIXe siècle en Suisse, March–June 1938, no. 10, lent by Hahnloser.
Kunstmuseum, Lucerne, Switzerland, Die Hauptwerke der Sammlung Hahnloser Winterthur, 1940, no. 32.
Kunsthalle, Bern, Switzerland, Europäische Kunst aus Berner Privatbesitz, July 31–September 20, 1953, no. 17.
Kunsthaus, Zurich, Paul Cézanne, August 22–October 7, 1956, no. 205, pl. 33, lent by Private collection.
Haus der Kunst, Munich, Paul Cézanne, October 12–November 18, 1956, no. 45, ill. lent by private collection.
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., Cézanne in Provence, January 29–May 7, 2006, no. 59, ill. lent by Private collection, shown in Aix only. Traveled to: Musée Granet, Aix-en-Provence, France, June 9–September 17, 2006.
Fondation Pierre Gianadda, Martigny, Switzerland, Paul Cézanne: le chant de la terre, June 16–November 19, 2017, no. 39, ill. lent by Private collection.
Albertina Museum, Vienna, Van Gogh, Cezanne, Matisse, Hodler, The Hahnloser Collection, February 22–May 24, 2020, no. 13, ill., as Pigeonnier de Bellevue, lent by Private collection, Switzerland.
Published References
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 654, ill. vol. II, as Pigeonnier de Bellevue.
Gauthier, Maximilien. "L'art français du XIXe siècle dans les collections suisses: une heure avec Charles Montag devant les chefs-d'oeuvre de la peinture française réunis à la Galerie des 'Beaux-Arts.'" Beaux-arts: Chronique des arts et de la curiosité, no. 285 (June 17, 1938), p. 1, as Pigeonnier de Bellevue.
Novotny, Fritz. Cézanne und das Ende der wissenschaftlichen Perspektive. Vienna: Anton Schroll, 1938, list of motifs: no. 77.
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. 694, ill. vol. 2, as Pigeonnier de Bellevue.
Margrit Hahnloser-Ingold et al. The Arthur and Hedy Hahnloser Collection, An Eye for Art Shared with Artists. New York: Distributed Art Publishers (D.A.P.), 2011, p. 263, ill. Private collection.
Bonfort, ed., Didier. Dans les pas de P. Cezanne, Valcros - Bellevue - Montbriand. Didier Bonfort, ed.. Aix-en-provence: Sauvegarde des paysages de Cezanne, February 2016, p. 26, ill., as Pigeonnier de Bellevue, with photo of motif.
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. 40 p. 56.
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Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Pigeonnier de Bellevue, c.1890 (FWN 272)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=672 (accessed on July 3, 2025).
