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Catalogue entry

FWN 277
La Route en Provence
1890–92
Alternate titles: A Rocky Landscape in Provence ('Aix: Paysage Rocheux'); Aix : Paysage Rocheux; Hillside in Provence; Krajina; Krajina u Aix; Landschaft bei Aix; Montagnes en Provence; Paisatge rocós; Paysage rocheux; Rocky Landscape; Skalnatá krajina u Aix
Rewald (718): 1890–92; Venturi revised: 1883–85; Venturi (491): 1886–90; Cooper: c.1885–87, probably 1886 (Burlington); Gowing: c.1887 (Edinburgh); Reff: c.1887 (MoMA)
Oil on canvas
25 5/8 x 31 7/8 in. (65 x 81 cm)
Vollard A stockbook: no. 3752, huile. paysage. un amas de rochers au milieu desquels se trouvent q.q. arbres -- ciel gris, 65 x 81 cm (200 frs)
Vollard archives: photo no. 556 and [14]
National Gallery, London (Courtauld Fund) (NG 4136)

Keywords

Provenance
Ambroise Vollard, Paris
Walther Halvorsen, Oslo
Leicester Galleries, London
Tate Gallery, London (Trustees of the Courtauld Fund) (January 1926);
National Gallery, London (1961)
Exhibition History
1923a Prague
S.V.U. Mánes, Municipal House, Prague, Francouzské umění XIX. a XX. století [French Art of the 19th–20th Centuries], May 26–June 1923, no. 147, as Skalnatá krajina u Aix, lent by Halvorsen.
1923c Prague
S.V.U. Mánes, Pavillon Mánes, Prague, Francouzští mistři [French Masters], December 1923, no. 31, as Krajina u Aix (Paysage à Aix).
1925b London
Leicester Galleries, London, Paintings and Drawings by Paul Cézanne, June–July 1925, no. 11, as Aix : Paysage Rocheux, [lent by Halvorsen?]
1926a London
National Gallery (Tate Gallery), Millbank, London, Modern Foreign School, June 26–October 10, 1926, no. 4136, as Aix : Paysage Rocheux, Presented by the Trustees of the Courtauld Fund, 1926.
1942–43 London
National Gallery, London, Nineteenth Century French Painting, December 11, 1942–January 17, 1943, no. 36, as Aix : Paysage Rocheux, 1886, lent by Tate.
1948 London
Tate Gallery, London, Samuel Courtauld: Memorial Exhibition, May–June 1948, no. 9, ill., as A Rocky Landscape in Provence ('Aix: Paysage Rocheux'), c. 1885-87.
1954 Edinburgh and traveling
Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, Paintings by Cézanne, August 20–September 18, 1954, no. 38, pl. V, as Aix : Paysage Rocheux, c. 1887, lent by the Tate Gallery. Traveled to: Tate Gallery, London, September 29–October 27, 1954.
1955b Paris
Musée de l'Orangerie, Paris, Impressionnistes de la Collection Courtauld de Londres, October 1955, no. 7, pl. 39.
1993 Tübingen
Kunsthalle, Tübingen, Germany, Cézanne Gemälde, January 16–May 2, 1993, no. 46, ill.
1997–98 Stockholm
Nationalmuseum, Stockholm, Cézanne i blickpunkten, October 17, 1997–January 11, 1998, no. 15, ill., pp. 60–61 (dated 1886–92).
2006 Washington, D.C. and traveling
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., Cézanne in Provence, January 29–May 7, 2006, no. 63, ill. Traveled to: Musée Granet, Aix-en-Provence, France, June 9–September 17, 2006.
2006–07 London
National Gallery, London, Cézanne in Britain, October 4, 2006–January 7, 2007, no. 29, ill., as Hillside in Provence (size: 63.5 x 79.4 cm).
2014a Madrid
Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid, Cézanne: site / non-site, February 4–May 18, 2014, no. 11, ill.
2017 Martigny
Fondation Pierre Gianadda, Martigny, Switzerland, Paul Cézanne: le chant de la terre, June 16–November 19, 2017, no. 41, ill. lent by National Gallery, London.
Published References
Anonymous 1923
Anonymous. "Výtvarné uměni: Ještě francouzské uměni [Fine Art: Regarding French Art]." Venkov: orgán České strany agrární (Prague) (December 30, 1923), p. 4, as Krajina u Aix.
jč 1923
jč. "Kulturní kronika: Francouzští mistři [Cultural Chronicle: French Masters]." Lidové noviny (Brno) (December 13, 1923), p. 7, as Krajina.
Burlington 1925
"Exhibition of Cézanne Paintings." The Burlington Magazine for Connoisseurs 47, no. 268 (July 1925), p. 57, fig. B p. [56], as Rocky Landscape.
Tatlock 1926a
Tatlock, R.R. "The Courtauld Trust." The Burlington Magazine for Connoisseurs 48, no. 275 (February, 1926), p. 58, as Paysage rocheux.
Fry 1927a
Fry, Roger. Cézanne: A Study of His Development. New York: Macmillan, 1927, p. 63, fig. 28, pl. XIX.
Meier-Graefe 1928
Meier-Graefe, Julius. "Die Franzosen in der Tate Gallery." Der Cicerone 20, no. 12 (1928), p. 394, ill. p. 397, as Landschaft bei Aix.
Tietze 1928b
Tietze, Hans. "Französische Bilder des XIX. Jahrhunderts in der Londoner Nationalgalerie." Kunst und Künstler 26, no. 2 (1928), p. 65, ill. p. 60.
Gual 1936
Gual, Enric F. "A París han exagerat." Mirador (Barcelona), August 13, 1936, ill. p. 7, as Paisatge rocós.
Venturi 1936b
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 491. ill. vol. II, as Montagnes en Provence.
Rothenstein 1949
Rothenstein, John. Modern Foreign Pictures in the Tate Gallery. London: Trustees of the Tate Gallery, 1949, pl. 63.
Fry 1952
Fry, Roger. Cézanne: A Study of his Developement. London: Hogarth Press, 1952, p. 63, pl. XIX fig. 28, as Rocky Landscape.
Schapiro 1952a
Schapiro, Meyer. Cézanne. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1952, pp. 78–79, ill.
Raynal 1954
Raynal, Maurice. Cézanne. Geneva: Skira, 1954, p. 82, ill.
Cooper 1954b
Cooper, Douglas. The Courtauld Collection. London: Athlone Press, 1954, no. 10, pl. 8.
Rewald 1958
Rewald, John. Cézanne: Paysages. Paris: Fernand Hazan, 1958, pl. 9.
Rothenstein 1958
Rothenstein, John. The Tate Gallery. London, 1958, pl. 125.
Alley 1959
Alley, Ronald. The Foreign Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture. London: Tate Gallery, 1959, p. 33, pl. 22e, as Aix : Paysage Rocheux.
Brown 1968
Brown, Oliver. The Memoirs of Oliver Brown. London: Evelyn, Adams & Mackay, 1968, pp. 92–93.
Ikegami 1969
Ikegami, Chuji. Cézanne. Tokyo: Shueisha, 1969, pl. 47.
Schapiro 1973
Schapiro, Meyer. Paul Cézanne. Translated by Louis-Marie Ollivier. Paris: Nouvelles Editions Françaises, 1973, pl. 24, with comments.
Wadley 1975
Wadley, Nicholas. Cézanne and His Art. London: Hamlyn, 1975, pl. 39.
Stokes 1978
Stokes, Adrian. "Cézanne." In The Critical Writings of Adrian Stokes, vol. 2, 1937–58. London: Thames & Hudson, 1978, fig. 98, commentary pp. 268–69.
Kendall 1988
Kendall, Richard, ed. Cézanne: By Himself. London: Macdonald, 1988, p. 147, ill.
Wadley 1989
Wadley, Nicholas. Cézanne and His Art. London: Hamlyn, 1989, p. 47, ill. in color.
Baker and Henry 1995
Baker, Christopher, and Tom Henry. The National Gallery: Complete Illustrated Catalogue. London: National Gallery Publications, 1995, p. 108, ill., as Hillside in Provence, probably c. 1886-90.
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. 718, ill. vol. 2, as La Route en Provence.
Machotka 2008
Machotka, Pavel. Cézanne: The Eye and the Mind, 2 vols. Marseille: Editions Crès, 2008, vol. 1, fig. 239; vol. 2, p. 161, as La Route en Provence.
Reissner 2008
Reissner, Elisabeth. "Ways of Making: Practice and Innovation in Cézanne's Paintings in the National Gallery." National Gallery Technical Bulletin vol. 29 (2008), p. 6, pl. 6.
Machotka 2011a
Machotka, Pavel. "Des paysages du nord aux premiers pas du cubisme." In Cézanne et Paris. Paris: Éditions de la Rmn-Grand Palais, 2011. Exhibition catalogue, p. 194, fig. 109, as La Route en Provence.
Callen 2015
Callen, Anthea. The Work of Art: Plein-air Painting and Artistic Identiy in the Nineteenth-century France. London: Reaktion Books Ltd, 2015, p. 258, as Hillside in Provence, 1886.
Serres et al 2019
Serres, Karen (ed.). The Courtauld Collection, A Vision of Impressionism. Paris and London: Fondation Louis Vuitton and Paul Holberton Publishing, 2019. Exhibition catalogue (2019 Paris), p. 35, fig. 28.
Elderfield et al 2020
Elderfield John, et al. Cézanne, The Rock and Quarry Paintings. Princeton: Princeton University Art Museum; New Haven: Yale University Press, 2020. Exhibition catalogue, p. 148, fig. 93, as Hillside in Provence.
Clark 2022
Clark, T.J. If These Apples Should Fall, Cézanne and the Present. London and New York: Thames & Hudson, 2022, pl. 3.
Record last updated March 21, 2023. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "La Route en Provence, 1890–92 (FWN 277)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=696 (accessed on April 20, 2024).