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 866
Nature morte aux oignons
1896–98
Alternate titles: Nature morte; Oignons; Oignons et Bouteille; Still Life with Onions; Stilleben; Stilleben mit Zwiebeln und einer Flasche
Rewald (803): 1896–98; Venturi revised: c.1895; Venturi (730): 1895–1900; Rivière: 1887; Cooper: probably 1894; Gowing: c.1895 (Burlington)
Oil on canvas
26 x 32 5/16 in. (66 x 82 cm)
Provenance
Exhibition History
Salon d'Automne, Grand Palais, Paris, Rétrospective d'oeuvres de Cézanne, October 1–22, 1907, no. 28, as Oignons, lent by Cézanne fils.
Musée de l'Orangerie, Paris, Cézanne, May 20–October 11, 1936, no. 98, as Oignons et Bouteille, lent by Louvre, Pell.
Palais du Prince Paul, Belgrade, Serbia, La Peinture française au XIXe siècle, March–April 1939, no. 8, ill., as Oignons et Bouteille, lent by Musée du Louvre, Paris.
Musée de Lyon, Palais Saint-Pierre, Lyon, France, Centenaire de Paul Cézanne, May 7–June 18, 1939, no. 35, pl. XIII, lent by Musée du Louvre.
Wildenstein Galleries, London, Homage to Paul Cézanne, July 1939, no. 37, lent by Louvre.
Orangerie, Paris, Hommage à Cézanne, July 2–October 17, 1954, no. 61, pl. XXVII, lent by Musée du Louvre.
Calouste Gulbenkian Museum, Lisbon, Portugal, Un siècle de peinture française 1850-1950 - Um Século de pintura francesa 1850-1950, 1965, no. 23, ill., as Nature morte aux oignons, c. 1895-1900, lent by Musée du Louvre, Paris.
Orangerie, Paris, Cézanne dans les musées nationaux, July 19–October 14, 1974, extended until October 28, no. 41, ill. in b/w, as Nature morte aux oignons, 1890-1894.
The Museum of Modern Art, New York and Reunion des Musees Nationaux, Paris, France, Cézanne: The Late Work, October 7, 1977–January 3, 1978, no. 25, pl. 148. Traveled to: Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, January 26–March 19, 1978; Grand Palais, Paris, Cezanne: Les dernières années (1895–1906), April 20–July 23, 1978 (see Paris 1978a for a separate listing because the catalogue numbers are different from the two American venues).
Grand Palais, Paris, Cézanne: Les dernières années (1895–1906), April 20–July 23, 1978, no. 21, ill.
Grand Palais, Paris, Cézanne, September 26, 1995–January 14, 1996, no. 166, ill. Traveled to: Tate Gallery, London, February 8–April 28, 1996; Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, May 26–September 1, 1996.
Kunstforum, Vienna, Cézanne: Vollendet unvollendet, January 20–April 25, 2000, no. 45, ill., as Nature morte aux oignons. Traveled to: Kunsthaus, Zürich, May 5–August 13, 2000 (initially planned to end on July 30 the exhibition was extended until August 13).
Muzeum Narodowe, Warsaw, Poland, Od Maneta do Gauguina: impresjoniści i postimpresjoniści z Musée d'Orsay w Paryżu [From Manet to Gauguin: Impressionists and Post-Impressionists from the Musée d'Orsay in Paris], January 19–March 25, 2001, p. 70, ill. p. 71, as Nature morte aux oignons. Traveled to: Muzeum Narodowe, Poznan, Poland, March 31–May 13, 2001; Muzeum Narodowe, Krakow, May 19–July 4, 2001.
Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C., Impressionist Still Life, September 22, 2001–January 13, 2002, pp. 188–90, 191, pl. 89, as Still Life with Onions, lent by Musée d'Orsay. Traveled to: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, February 17–June 9, 2002.
Museum Folkwang, Essen, Germany, Cézanne: Aufbruch in die Moderne, September 18, 2004–January 16, 2005, listed p. 232, ill. p. 94 and 213, as Nature morte aux oignons.
Belvedere, Vienna, Wien–Paris: Van Gogh, Cézanne und Österreichs Moderne, 1880–1960, October 3, 2007–January 13, 2008, ill., p. 291, as Nature morte aux oignons.
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, Australia, Masterpieces from Paris: Van Gogh, Gauguin, Cézanne & beyond, Post-impressionism from the Musée d'Orsay, December 4, 2009–April 5, 2010, no. 40, ill., as Nature morte aux oignons.
National Art Center, Tokyo, Post-impressionnisme: 115 chefs-d’œuvre de la collection du Musée d’Orsay, May 26–August 16, 2010, no. 39, ill., as Nature morte aux oignons.
de Young Museum, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, San Francisco, Van Gogh, Gauguin, Cézanne, and Beyond: Post-Impressionist Masterpieces from the Musée d'Orsay, September 2010–January 2011, no. 27, ill., as Nature morte aux oignons.
Museo di Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Trento e Rovereto, Rovereto, Italy, La rivoluzione dello sguardo: impressionismo e postimpressionismo dal Musée d'Orsay, March 19–July 24, 2011, no. 13, ill., as Nature morte aux oignons.
Fundación Cultural MAPFRE, Madrid, Impresionistas y postimpresionistas: el nacimiento del arte moderno, February 2–May 5, 2013, no. 27, ill., as Nature morte aux oignons.
National Museum of Korea, Seoul, South Korea, Au-delà de l'impressionnisme: la naissance de l'art moderne, May 5–July 31, 2014, no. 46, ill., as Nature morte aux oignons.
Fondation Pierre Gianadda, Martigny, Switzerland, Paul Cézanne: le chant de la terre, June 16–November 19, 2017, no. 75, ill. lent by Musée d'Orsay, Paris.
Published References
Rivière, Georges. Le Maître Paul Cézanne. Paris: Librairie Floury, 1923, p. 215, listed.
Rey, Robert. "Trois tableaux de Cézanne." Bulletin des musées de France 1, no. 12 (December 1929), p. 274, ill.
Huyghe, René. "Dans les musées nationaux." Beaux-arts: Chronique des arts et de la curiosité, no. 1 (January 20, 1930), p. 4, ill. p. 3, as Nature morte.
Huyghe, René. "Cézanne et son oeuvre." L'Amour de l'art 17, no. 5 (May 1936), fig. 75, as Nature morte aux oignons, c. 1895.
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 730, ill. vol. II, as Oignons et Bouteille.
Barnes, Albert C., and Violette de Mazia. The Art of Cézanne. New York: Harcourt Brace, 1939, no. 167, p. 246, ill. (analysis pp. 389–90).
"Le centenaire de Cézanne." Beaux-arts: Chronique des arts et de la curiosité, no. 338 (June 23, 1939), ill. p. 1, as Oignons et bouteille.
Adhémar, Hélène et al. Catalogue des peintures et sculptures exposées au Musée de l’Impressionnisme (Jeu de Paume des Tuileries): les impressionnistes, leurs précurseurs et leurs contemporains. Paris: Editions des Musées Nationaux, 1947, p. 27, no. 41, as Nature morte aux oignons, c. 1895-1900.
Hofmann, Werner. Paul Cézanne (1839-1906). Munich, Vienna, Basel: Kurt Desch, 1953, pl. 20, as Stilleben mit Zwiebeln und einer Flasche, 1895-1900.
Rousseau, Théodore, Jr. Paul Cézanne, 1839–1906. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1953, pl. 20.
Adhémar, Hélène. Catalogue des peintures, pastels, sculptures impressionnistes du Musée du Louvre. Paris: Editions des Musées Nationaux, 1958, pp. 26–27, no. 51.
Bazin, Germain. Trésors de l'impressionnisme au Louvre. Paris: A. Somogy, 1958, ill. p. 275, 1895-1900.
Sterling, Charles, and Hélène Adhémar. La Peinture au Musée du Louvre, vol. I. Paris: Éditions des Musées Nationaux, 1958, fig. 268.
Mathey, François. Les Impressionnistes et leur temps. Paris: Fernand Hazan, 1959, p. 140, ill., as Oignons et Bouteille.
Murphy, Richard W. The World of Cézanne, 1839–1906. New York: Time-Life Books, 1968, p. 134.
Adhémar, Hélène, and Anne Dayez. Musée du Jeu de Paume. Paris: Editions des Musées Nationaux, 1973, listed p. 141, ill. p. 23, as Nature morte aux oignons, c. 1895-1900.
Schapiro, Meyer. Paul Cézanne. Translated by Louis-Marie Ollivier. Paris: Nouvelles Editions Françaises, 1973, pl. 40, with comments.
Rewald, John. "Cézanne's Final Decade." Horizon (October 1977), pl. 148 (re-creation of still life, p. 103).
Müller, Joseph-Emile. Cézanne. Translated by Jane Brenton. Paris: Fernand Hazan, 1982, pl. 43.
Lucie-Smith, Edward. Chefs-d’œuvre impressionnistes du Musée du Jeu de Paume. London: Thames & Hudson, 1984, p. 38, ill.
Compin, Isabelle et Anne Roquebert. Catalogue sommaire illustré des peintures du musée du Louvre et du musée d'Orsay. 3, École Française, A-K. Paris: Réunion des musées nationaux, 1986, p. 113, ill., as Nature morte aux oignons, c. 1895.
Laclotte, Michel, Genviève Lacambre, Anne Distel, et al. La Peinture au Musée d'Orsay. Paris: Editions Scala, 1986, p. 93, ill.
Lévêque, Jean Jacques. La Vie et l'oeuvre de Paul Cézanne. Courbevoie: ACR, 1988, p. 188, ill. in color.
Plazy, Gilles. Cézanne ou la peinture absolue. Paris: Editions Liana Levi, 1988, p. 127, ill. in color.
Düchting, Hajo. Paul Cézanne: Natur wird Kunst. Cologne: Benedict Taschen Verlag, 1989, p. 190, ill.
Kendall, Richard. The History and Techniques of the Great Master Cézanne. London: Tiger Books International, 1989, p. 55, ill.
Baron, Jean-Marie and Pascal Bonafoux. Cézanne: Les Natures Mortes. Paris: Editions Herscher, 1993, p. 55, ill.
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. 803, ill. vol. 2, as Nature morte aux oignons.
Boehm, Gottfried. "Die Sprache der Dinge. Cézannes Stilleben." In Cézanne—Picasso—Braque. Der Beginn des kubistischen Stillebens. Ostfildern-Ruit: Hatje Cantz, 1998. Exhibition catalogue, fig. 9.
Buberl, Brigitte. "Cézanne Manet Schuch. Ein (un)zulässiger Vergleich." In Cézanne Manet Schuch: drei Wege zur autonomen Kunst. Munich: Hirmer, 2000. Exhibition catalogue, fig. 5.
Shiff, Richard. "Mark, Motif, Materiality." In Cézanne: Finished, Unfinished. Ostfildern-Ruit: Hatje Cantz, 2000. Exhibition catalogue, p. 112, fig. 14, as Nature morte aux oignons.
Machotka, Pavel. Cézanne: The Eye and the Mind, 2 vols. Marseille: Editions Crès, 2008, vol. 1, fig. 385; vol. 2, p. 244, as Nature morte aux oignons.
Record last updated September 20, 2022. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Nature morte aux oignons, 1896–98 (FWN 866)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=779 (accessed on March 25, 2025).
