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 548
Le Jardinier Vallier
1906
Alternate titles: Der alte Gärtner; Portrait de Vallier
Rewald (953): 1906; Venturi revised: 1906; Venturi (1524): 1904–6
Oil on canvas
25 5/8 x 21 1/4 in. (65 x 54 cm)
Provenance
Exhibition History
Wallraf-Richartz-Museum, (Kunsthaus Lempertz), Cologne, Cézanne, Ausstellung zum Gedenken an sein 50. Todesjahr, December 1956–January 1957, no. 33, ill. lent by Bührle.
Kunsthaus, Zurich, Sammlung Emil G. Bührle, June 8–September 30, 1958, no. 231, with erroneous Venturi reference.
Schloss Charlottenburg, Berlin, Französische Malerei von Manet bis Matisse aus der Sammlung Emil G. Bührle / Zürich, October 5–November 23, 1958, no. 54, as Der alte Gärtner.
National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, Masterpieces of French Painting from the Bührle Collection, August 19–September 17, 1961, no. 38. Traveled to: National Gallery, London, 1961.
Kunstforum, Vienna, Cézanne: Vollendet unvollendet, January 20–April 25, 2000, no. 39, ill., as Le Jardinier Vallier. Traveled to: Kunsthaus, Zürich, May 5–August 13, 2000 (initially planned to end on July 30 the exhibition was extended until August 13).
Complesso del Vittoriano, Rome, Cézanne e gli artisti italiani del '900, October 5, 2013–February 2, 2014, no. 21, ill.
Museo di Santa Caterina, Treviso, Italy, Storie dell'impressionismo, I grandi protagonisti da Monet a Renoir da Van Gogh a Gauguin, October 29, 2016–May 1, 2017, no. 134, ill.
Fondation Pierre Gianadda, Martigny, Switzerland, Paul Cézanne: le chant de la terre, June 16–November 19, 2017, no. 104, ill. lent by Fondation Collection E.G. Bührle, Zurich.
Musée Maillol, Paris, La collection Emil Bührle, March 20–July 21, 2019, no. 50, ill., as Le Jardinier Vallier, 1904-1906.
Published References
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 1524, ill. vol. II, as Portrait de Vallier.
Rewald, John. "A propos du catalogue raisonné de l'œuvre de Paul Cézanne et de la chronologie de cette œuvre." La Renaissance (Paris), vol. 20, nos. 3-4 (March–April 1937), p. 55, as Portrait de Vallier.
Rubin, William, ed. Cézanne: The Late Work. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1977. Exhibition catalogue, pl. 28.
Lévêque, Jean Jacques. La Vie et l'oeuvre de Paul Cézanne. Courbevoie: ACR, 1988, p. 231, ill. in color.
"Das Tor zur Moderne. Paul Cézanne in Schweizer Sammlungen." Du 49, no. 9 (September 1989), p. 47, 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. 953, ill. vol. 2, as Le Jardinier Vallier.
Gloor, Lukas and Marco Goldin, eds. Stiftung Sammlung E.G. Bühle Zürich, Katalog III. Conegliano and Zurich: Linea d'ombra Libri and Stiftung Sammlung E.G. Bührle, 2004, pl. 116.
Elderfield, John, Mary Morton, Xavier Rey. Cézanne Portraits. Paris: Musée d'Orsay and Editions Gallimard, 2017. Exhibition catalogue, p. 247, fig. 72.
Elderfield, John, Mary Morton, Xavier Rey. Cézanne Portraits. London and Princeton, N,J.: National Portrait Gallery Publications and Princeton University Press, 2017. Exhibition catalogue, fig. 85.
Gloor, Lukas. "Der Bestand der Sammlung Emil Bührle: Illustrierte Liste aller 633 Käufe." In Die Sammlung Emil Bührle: Geschichte, Gesamtkatalog und 70 Meisterwerke. München: Hirmer, 2021, p. 274, no. 347, fig. 347 p. 275, as Le Jardinier Vallier.
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Record last updated October 27, 2023. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Le Jardinier Vallier, 1906 (FWN 548)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=926 (accessed on July 19, 2025).
