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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)
Catalogue entry
FWN 290
Rochers dans le bois
c.1893
Alternate titles: Baumstudie; Etude d'arbres; Rocce nel bosco; Rochers à Fontainebleau; Rocks in the Forest; Sous-bois; Wald mit Felsblöcken; Waldinneres; Waldinneres mit Felsblöcken
Rewald (776): c.1893; Venturi revised: c.1892; Venturi (674): 1894–98
Oil on canvas
20 1/16 x 24 in. (51 x 61 cm)
Vollard A stockbook: no. 3674, huile; esquisse de la Forêt de Fontainebleau; amas de rochers et feuillages gris argentes, 50 x 61 cm (50 frs)
Vollard archives: photo no. 408, Annotated by Cezanne's son: Fontainebleau 1894
Provenance
Ambroise Vollard, Paris
Galerie Rosengart, Lucerne
Dr. Hans Schuler, Zurich;
Kunsthaus Zürich (1920)
Exhibition History
1933 Zurich
Kunsthaus, Zurich, Französische Maler des XIX. Jahrhunderts, May 14–August 6, 1933, no. 89, as Waldinneres, c. 1895.1935 Zurich
Kunsthaus Zürich, Zurich, Sammlung:1910-1930, May 26–August 11, 1935, no. 219, as Wald mit Felsblöcken, Inv. Nr. 1392.1936c Paris
Musée de l'Orangerie, Paris, Cézanne, May 20–October 11, 1936, no. 102, as Sous-bois, lent by Kunsthaus Zürich.1939 Lyon
Musée de Lyon, Palais Saint-Pierre, Lyon, France, Centenaire de Paul Cézanne, May 7–June 18, 1939, no. 34, lent by Kunsthaus, Zürich.1939d London
Wildenstein Galleries, London, Homage to Paul Cézanne, July 1939, no. 38, lent by Kunsthaus Zürich.1943 Zurich
Kunsthaus Zürich, Zurich, Ausländische Kunst in Zürich, July 25–September 26, 1943, no. 542, as Wald mit Felsblöcken.1950 Zurich
Kunsthaus, Zurich, Europäische Kunst, 13. bis 20. Jahrhundert, June 6–August 13, 1950, listed p. 26, as Waldinneres mit Felsblöcken, 1894/98, lent by Kunsthaus Zürich.1953 Amsterdam and traveling
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Van Gogh's grote tijdgenoten, Summer 1953, no. 7, ill., as Rochers dans le bois, 1894/98. Traveled to: Rijksmuseum Kröller-Müller, Otterlo, the Netherlands, Summer 1953.1956 The Hague
Haags Gemeentemuseum, The Hague, the Netherlands, Paul Cézanne, June 1–August 1, 1956, no. 40, ill.1956 Aix-en-Provence
Pavillon de Vendôme, Aix-en-Provence, France, Exposition pour commémorer le cinquantenaire de la mort de Cézanne, July 21–August 15, 1956, no. 56, lent by Kunsthaus, Zürich.1956 Zurich
Kunsthaus, Zurich, Paul Cézanne, August 22–October 7, 1956, no. 73.1956 Munich
Haus der Kunst, Munich, Paul Cézanne, October 12–November 18, 1956, no. 55, ill. lent by Kunsthaus, Zürich.1961 Vienna
Österreichische Galerie, Belvedere, Vienna, Paul Cézanne, April 14–June 18, 1961, no. 39, pl. 22.1984 Madrid
Museo Español de Arte Contemporáneo, Madrid, Paul Cézanne, March 9–April 1984, no. 46.1997–98 Stockholm
Nationalmuseum, Stockholm, Cézanne i blickpunkten, October 17, 1997–January 11, 1998, no. 16, ill., pp. 62–63 (dated 1893–95).2002 Rome
Complesso del Vittoriano, Rome, Cézanne: Il padre dei moderni, March 7–July 7, 2002, listed p. 188, ill., as Rocce nel bosco, lent by Kunsthaus Zürich.2006–07 Zurich
Kunsthaus, Zurich, Hommage à Cézanne, November 30, 2006–February 11, 2007, no no., as Rochers dans le bois, c. 1893, Kunsthaus Zürich.2009–10 The Hague
Gemeentemuseum, The Hague, the Netherlands, Cézanne, Picasso, Mondriaan: in nieuw perspectief, October 17, 2009–January 24, 2010, no. 50, ill., as Rochers dans le bois.2017 Basel
Kunstmuseum Basel, Basel, Switzerland, The Hidden Cézanne: From Sketchbook to Canvas, June 10–September 24, 2017, no. 183, ill.2020 Princeton and traveling
Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton, New Jersey, Cézanne, The Rock and Quarry Paintings, March 7–June 14, 2020, no. 6, ill., as Rocks in the Forest, dated 1895–1900, catalogue notes by Annemarie Iker. Traveled to: Royal Academy, London, July 12–October 18, 2020 (N.B. This venue was cancelled due to 2020 coronavirus).Published References
Pfister 1927
Pfister, Kurt. Cézanne: Gestalt, Werk, Mythos. Potsdam: Gustav Kiepenheuer Verlag, 1927, fig. 97, as Baumstudie.Combe 1936
Combe, Jacques. "L'influence de Cézanne." La Renaissance (Paris), vol. 19, nos. 5-6 (May–June 1936), ill. p. 25, as Etude d'arbres.Venturi 1936b
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 674, ill. vol. II, as Rochers dans le bois.Barnes and de Mazia 1939
Barnes, Albert C., and Violette de Mazia. The Art of Cézanne. New York: Harcourt Brace, 1939, no. 175, listed.Lhote 1939
Lhote, André. Traité du paysage. Paris: Floury, 1939, pl. 45.Dorival 1948
Dorival, Bernard. Cézanne. Paris: Pierre Tisné, 1948, pl. 138, listed p. 169.Guerry 1950
Guerry, Liliane. Cézanne et l'expression de l'espace. Paris: Flammarion, 1950, pl. 48.Lhote 1958
Lhote, André. Traités du paysage et de la figure. Paris: B. Grasset, 1958, fig. 44, with comments (Traité du paysage).Rewald 1958
Rewald, John. Cézanne: Paysages. Paris: Fernand Hazan, 1958, pl. 12.Dittmann 1961
Dittmann, Lorenz. "Zur Kunst Cézannes." In Festschrift Kurt Badt. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, 1961, fig. 7.Feist 1963
Feist, Peter Heinz. Paul Cézanne. Leipzig: E.A. Seemann, 1963, p. 36, pl. 80.Grünigen 1964
Grünigen, Berchtold von. Vom Impressionismus zum Tachismus. Basel: Birkhäuser, 1964, p. 25, fig. 36.Guerry 1966
Guerry, Liliane. Cézanne et l'expression de l'espace. Paris: Albin-Michel, 1966, pl. 48.Martini and Negri 1967
Martini, Alberto, and Renata Negri. Cézanne e il post-impressionismo. Milan: Fabbri, 1967, pl. V.Ikegami 1969
Ikegami, Chuji. Cézanne. Tokyo: Shueisha, 1969, pl. 57.Brion 1971
Brion, Marcel. Cézanne. Milan: Fratelli Fabbri, 1971, ill. p. 64.Schapiro 1973
Schapiro, Meyer. Paul Cézanne. Translated by Louis-Marie Ollivier. Paris: Nouvelles Editions Françaises, 1973, pl. 36.Elgar 1975
Elgar, Frank. Cézanne. New York: Praeger, 1975, fig. 99.Wetzel 1984
Wetzel, Christoph. Paul Cézanne: Leben u. Werk. Stuttgart/Zurich: Belser, 1984, p. 62/63, ill. in color.Plazy 1988
Plazy, Gilles. Cézanne ou la peinture absolue. Paris: Editions Liana Levi, 1988, p. 118, ill. in color.Du 1989
"Das Tor zur Moderne. Paul Cézanne in Schweizer Sammlungen." Du 49, no. 9 (September 1989), p. 71, ill.Düchting 1989
Düchting, Hajo. Paul Cézanne: Natur wird Kunst. Cologne: Benedict Taschen Verlag, 1989, p. 211, ill.Sollers 1995
Sollers, Philippe. Le Paradis de Cézanne. Paris: Gallimard, 1995, p. 15-6, 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. 776, ill. vol. 2, as Rochers dans le bois.Dittmann 2005
Dittmann, Lorenz. Die Kunst Cézannes: Farbe, Rythmus, Symbolik. Cologne: Böhlau, 2005, pl. 4.Mothe 2011
Mothe, Alain. Ce que voyait Cézanne: Les paysages impressionnistes à la lumière des cartes postales. Paris: Éditions de la Rmn-Grand Palais, 2011, pp. 100–01, ill., as Rochers à Fontainebleau, with old post card view of rocks and forest at Fontainebleau (erroneously lsbeled as FWN322, Metropolitan Museum, NY).Société Paul Cézanne 2011
Société Paul Cézanne. P. Cézanne: À Paris et en Île de France. ed., Denis Coutagne. Marseille: Éditions Crès, 2011, p. 111, ill., as Rochers dans le bois, Fontainebleau?Athanassoglou-Kallmyer 2023
Athanassoglou-Kallmyer, Nina M. "Cézanne nostalgique: Nostalgia, Memory, Illusion." Nineteenth-Century Art Worldwide, Autumn 2023, fig. 15.
Postcard view of typical rock formations in the forest of Fontainebleau
Photo: Courtesy Alain Mothe
Record last updated March 16, 2020. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Rochers dans le bois, c.1893 (FWN 290)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=753 (accessed on April 26, 2024).
