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)
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© The Barnes Foundation, Merion, Pennsylvania, USA/ The Bridgeman Art Library
FWN 525
Le Buveur
1898–1900
Alternate title: The Drinker
Rewald (818): 1898–1900; Venturi revised: 1897–1900; Venturi (690): 1895–1900
Oil on canvas
18 11/16 x 15 3/8 in. (47.5 x 39 cm)
Provenance
Private collection, Switzerland
Exhibition History
Bignou Gallery, New York, Cézanne and the Impressionists, November 1935, no. 2, ill., as Le Buveur.
Published References
Morselle, Mary. "Bignou Exhibits Great Examples of French Art: Cézanne and the Impressionists." The Art News 34, 5 (November 2, 1935), p. 5, ill., as Le Buveur.
Benson, E.M. "Exhibition Reviews: Cézanne and the Impressionists at the Bignou Gallery." The American Magazine of Art 28, no. 12 (December 1935), p. 750, ill. p. 749.
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 690, ill. vol. II, as Le Buveur.
Barnes, Albert C., and Violette de Mazia. The Art of Cézanne. New York: Harcourt Brace, 1939, no. 177, p. 269, ill.
Wattenmaker, Richard et al. Great French Paintings from The Barnes Foundation. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1993. Exhibition catalogue, p. 122, fig. 1.
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. 818, ill. vol. 2, as Le Buveur.
Ireson, Nancy and Wright Barnaby. "Cézanne's Card Player. An Introduction." In Cézanne's Card Players. London: Paul Holberton Publishing, 2010. Exhibition catalogue, p. 15, fig. 1.
Dombrowski, André, Nancy Ireson, and Sylvie Patry, eds. Cézanne in the Barnes Foundation. New York: Rizzoli Electa in association with The Barnes Foundation, 2021, no. 53, pp. 263–70, as The Drinker (catalogue notes by A. Dombrowski and N. Ireson).
Record last updated February 10, 2022. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Le Buveur, 1898–1900 (FWN 525)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=794 (accessed on July 11, 2025).
