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 343
Les grands arbres
1902–04
Alternate titles: Grands arbres; Grands arbres (environs d'Aix); The Big Trees; The large trees
Rewald (904): 1902–04; Venturi revised: 1895–1900; Venturi (760): 1895–98; Cooper: 1903–4; Gowing: c.1900 (Edinburgh) and later, but not 1904 (Burlington)
Oil on canvas
31 7/8 x 25 9/16 in. (81 x 65 cm)
Provenance
Exhibition History
Galerie Pigalle, Paris, Exposition Cèzanne, 1839–1906, January 4–February 7, 1930, no. 42, ill., as Grands arbres, c. 1903, lent by Vollard.
Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, Cézanne, May 18–29, 1931.
Knoedler Galleries, New York, Paintings from the Ambroise Vollard Collection, XIX-XX Centuries, November 6–December 3, 1933, no. 9, ill., as Grands arbres (environs d'Aix), 1895. Traveled to: Arts and Crafts Club, Detroit, December 11, 1933–January 1934.
Alex Reid & Lefevre, London, Corot to Cézanne, June 1936, no. 6, as Les grands arbres, c. 1895.
Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, Paintings by Cézanne, August 20–September 18, 1954, no. 59, as Les grands arbres, c. 1900, lent by Mrs. A. Kessler. Traveled to: Tate Gallery, London, September 29–October 27, 1954.
Pavillon de Vendôme, Aix-en-Provence, France, Exposition pour commémorer le cinquantenaire de la mort de Cézanne, July 21–August 15, 1956, no. 61, lent by Mrs. A. Kessler, Preston.
Wildenstein Galleries, London, The French Impressionists and Some of Their Contemporaries, April 24–May 18, 1963, no. 25, lent by Mrs. A.F. Kessler.
Museum Boymans-van Beuningen, Rotterdam, the Netherlands, Franse landschappen van Cézanne tot heden [Le paysage français à nos jours], October 4–November 17, 1963, no. 28, as Les grands arbres, c. 1900, lent by Mrs. A. F. Kessler, Preston, Rutland.
Kunstmuseum, Basel, Switzerland, Paul Cézanne: Die Badenden, September 10–December 10, 1989, no. 62, pl. 192.
National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, Cézanne and Poussin: The Classical Vision in Landscape, August 9–October 21, 1990, no. 64, ill.
Kunstforum, Vienna, Cézanne: Vollendet unvollendet, January 20–April 25, 2000, no. 98, ill., as Grands arbres, shown in Vienna only. Traveled to: Kunsthaus, Zürich, May 5–August 13, 2000 (initially planned to end on July 30 the exhibition was extended until August 13).
Museum Folkwang, Essen, Germany, Cézanne: Aufbruch in die Moderne, September 18, 2004–January 16, 2005, listed p. 233, ill. p. 125, as Grands arbres.
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., Cézanne in Provence, January 29–May 7, 2006, no. 146, ill. shown in Washington only. Traveled to: Musée Granet, Aix-en-Provence, France, June 9–September 17, 2006.
Gemeentemuseum, The Hague, the Netherlands, Cézanne, Picasso, Mondriaan: in nieuw perspectief, October 17, 2009–January 24, 2010, no. 55, ill., as Grands arbres.
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Cezanne, May 15–September 5, 2022, no. 87, ill. shown in Chicago only. Traveled to: Tate Modern, London, October 6, 2022–March 12, 2023.
Published References
Dormoy, Marie. "Die Cézanne—Ausstellung im Théâtre Pigalle." Kunst und Künstler 28, no. 6 (1930), p. 248.
Einstein, Carl. "Exposition Cézanne (Galerie Pigalle)." Documents 2, no. 1 (1930), p. 56, ill.
Waldemar-George. "Cézanne: 1930." Formes: revue internationale des arts plastiques, no. 4 (April 1930), p. 22, as Les grands arbres.
Morselle, Mary. "Vollard Collection Exhibited at Knoedler's." The Art News 32, no. 5 (November 11, 1933), p. 16, ill., as Les grands arbres.
Bulliet, Clarence Joseph. The Significant Moderns and Their Pictures. New York: Covici, 1936, pl. 6.
Di San Lazzaro, Gualtieri. Paul Cézanne. Paris: Chroniques du Jour, 1936, fig. 22.
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 760, ill. vol. II, as Les grands arbres.
Vollard, Ambroise. Souvenirs d'un marchand de tableaux. Paris: Albin Michel, 1937, pl. 26.
Barnes, Albert C., and Violette de Mazia. The Art of Cézanne. New York: Harcourt Brace, 1939, no. 160, p. 238, ill. (analysis p. 388).
Rubin, William, ed. Cézanne: The Late Work. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1977. Exhibition catalogue, pl. 81.
"A Great Cézanne Recently Acquired by the National Gallery of Scotland." Art International 26, no. 5 (November–December 1983), p. 65, 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. 904, ill. vol. 2, as Les grands arbres.
Bach, Friedrich Teja. "The Stake in the Pictorial Flesh: Disruptions in Cézanne's Oeuvre." In Cézanne: Finished, Unfinished. Ostfildern-Ruit: Hatje Cantz, 2000. Exhibition catalogue, p. 76, 77, fig. 25, 27a, as Grands arbres.
Rosenberg, Pierre. Passion for Drawing: Poussin to Cézanne, Works from the Prat Collection. Alexandria, Virginia: Art Services International, p. 292, fig. 1.
Feilchenfeldt, Walter. "Cézannes Motive: Versuch einer neuen Ordnung." In "By Appointment Only": Schriften zu Kunst und Kunsthandel, Cézanne und Van Gogh. Wädenswil: Nimbus, 2005, p. 212, ill.
Riley, Bridget. "Cézanne in Provence." The Burlington Magazine 148, no. 1242 (September 2006), p. 628, fig. 55, as The large trees.
Robbins, Anne. Cézanne in Britain. London: National Gallery, 2006. Exhibition catalogue, p. 93, as Grands arbres, listed.
Machotka, Pavel. Cézanne: The Eye and the Mind, 2 vols. Marseille: Editions Crès, 2008, vol. 1, fig. 330; vol. 2, p. 220, as Les grands arbres.
Colrat, Jean. Cézanne: Joindre les mains errantes de la nature. Paris-Sorbonne: PUPS, 2013, p. 106, pl. 26.
Benedetti, Maria Teresa. "Gli artisti italiani e Cézanne." In Cézanne et gli artisti italiani del '900. Milan: Skira, 2013. Exhibition catalogue, p. 36, fig. 9.
Geskó, Judit. "Cézanne: Past / Present / Future." In Cézanne and the past : tradition and creativity [international symposium, Budapest, Museum of Fine Arts, 28 January 2013]. Budapest: Museum of Fine Arts, 2017, fig. 5.
Dauberville, Guy-Patrice, and Floriane Dauberville. Paul Cezanne chez Bernheim-Jeune. Paris: Editions G-P.F. Dauberville & Archives Bernheim-Jeune, 2020, no. 96bis, ill., as Les grands arbres, installation photograph from 1931 exhibition, p. 122.
Dombrowski, André, Nancy Ireson, and Sylvie Patry, eds. Cézanne in the Barnes Foundation. New York: Rizzoli Electa in association with The Barnes Foundation, 2021, p. 174, fig. 8, as The Big Trees.
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Record last updated October 25, 2023. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Les grands arbres, 1902–04 (FWN 343)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=878 (accessed on May 13, 2025).
