Catalogue entry

FWN 149

Le Château de Médan

c.1880

Alternate titles: Château de Médan; Emile Zola's Country-house; La Maison de Zola à Médan; Maison de Zola à Medan; Maison Zola; The Château de Médan; Zola's House at Médan

Rewald (437): c.1880; Venturi revised: 1879–82; Venturi (325): 1879–81; Cooper: 1879–80; Gowing: c.1880 (Edinburgh); Ratcliffe: c.1880; Other: Novotny: 1879–80

Oil on canvas

23 3/16 x 28 5/16 in. (59 x 72 cm)

Signed lower left in red: P. Cezanne

Glasgow City Art Gallery (Burrell Collection)

Keywords

Locales
Northern France:
- Médan »
Technique and Condition:
- parallel brush strokes »
- signed work »

Provenance

Paul Gauguin, Paris and Copenhagen (by 1884)

Edvard Brandes, Copenhagen

Alfred Gold, Berlin

D. Pagenstecher, Wiesbaden

W.(?) or Leonhard(?) Tietze, Cologne and Amsterdam

Galerie E. Bignou, Paris and New York

Mme Lilli Lippmann-Wulf, Amsterdam

Reid & Lefèvre, London (May 2, 1936)

Sir William Burrell, Glasgow (Aug. 6, 1937);

Glasgow City Art Gallery (1944)

Exhibition History

1889 Copenhagen

Kunstforeningen (Copenhagen Art Society), Copenhagen, Denmark, Nordiske og Franske Impressionister [Scandinavian and French Impressionists], October 30–November 11, 1889, lent by Gauguin.

1927f Berlin

Galerie Alfred Gold, Viktoriastraße 5, Berlin, [unknown title], June/July 1927.

1934 Ottawa and traveling

National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, French Painting of the 19th Century, January 1934, no. 11. Traveled to: Art Gallery of Toronto, Toronto, February 1934; Art Association, Montreal, March 1934.

1935 Montreal

Johnson Galleries, Montreal, November 1935.

1936b London

Alex Reid & Lefevre, London, Corot to Cézanne, June 1936, no. 3, ill., as La Maison de Zola à Médan, 1880.

1936c London

Reid & Lefevre, London, Boudin and Some Contemporaries, October 1936, no. 20, ill.

1936g New York

Bignou Gallery, New York, Paul Cézanne, November–December 1936, no. 12, as La Maison de Zola à Médan.

1937 Glasgow

McLellan Galleries, Glasgow, United Kingdom, French Art of the 19th and 20th Centuries, 1937, no. 14, ill.

1937 Detroit

Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, Cézanne, January 5, 1937.

1937b New York

Bignou Gallery, New York, Cézanne and Renoir, February 1937.

1937a London

Alex Reid & Lefevre, London, Cézanne, June 1937, no. 12, ill., as La Maison de Zola à Médan, dated c. 1880.

1943 Glasgow

Glasgow Art Gallery and Museum, Glasgow, United Kingdom, The Spirit of France, June 1943, no. 51.

1944 Edinburgh

National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, A Century of French Art, 1840–1940, 1944, no. 193.

1947 Glasgow and traveling

Arts Council of Great Britain, Glasgow, United Kingdom, Paintings from the Burrell Collection, 1947, no. 10, ill. Traveled to: Art Gallery, Perth, Scotland, United Kingdom, June 10–28, 1947; Aidrie Museum, Airdrie, Scotland, United Kingdom, September 20–October 4, 1947 ("Paul Cézanne, who has influenced modern art more perhaps than any other painter; 'La Maison de Zola' is a typical example of his best known period." John Laurie, "A Review of the Exhibits" in: The Airdrie and Coatbridge Advertiser, September 27, 1947, p. 8).

1949–50 London

Royal Academy of Arts, London, Landscape in French Art, 1550–1900, December 10, 1949–March 5, 1950, no. 303, as Zola's House at Médan, c. 1880, lent by the Glasgow Corporation (Burrell Collection).

1950 Glasgow

Glasgow Art Gallery, The McLellan Galleries, Glasgow, United Kingdom, 19th Century French Pictures in the Burrell Collection, Glas, ill., p. 9, as La Maison de Zola à Médan.

1950–51 United Kingdom and traveling

Arts Council of Great Britain, London, French Paintings of the 19th Century from the Burrell Collection, 1950–51, no. 10, pl. VIII. Traveled to: Birmingham, United Kingdom, April 22–May 13, 1950; Temple Newsam, Leeds, United Kingdom, May; Art Gallery, Cheltenham, United Kingdom, opening June 24, 1950; Art Gallery, Perth, United Kingdom, July 12–29, 1950; Ferens Art Gallery, Kingston upon Hull, United Kingdom, July 22–August 5, 1950; Bolton, United Kingdom, September 1950; Derby Art Gallery, Derby, United Kingdom, opening December 6, 1950; New Burlington Gallery, London, January 2–20, 1951; City Art Gallery, Bristol, United Kingdom, January 27–February 17, 1951.

1951 Glasgow

Glasgow Art Gallery, The McLellan Galleries, (Festival of Britain), Glasgow, United Kingdom, A Selection from the Burrell Collection, Summer 1951, no. 392, as Maison de Zola à Medan.

1954 Edinburgh and traveling

Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, Paintings by Cézanne, August 20–September 18, 1954, no. 22, as Le Château de Médan, c. 1880, lent by Glasgow Art Gallery; shown only in London. Traveled to: Tate Gallery, London, September 29–October 27, 1954.

1962b London

Royal Academy of Arts, London, Primitives to Picasso: an Exhibition from Municipal and University Collections in Great Britain, Winter 1962, no. 250, as Le Château de Médan, lent by the Glasgow Museums and Art Galleries.

1965 Glasgow

Glasgow Art Gallery, The McLellan Galleries, Glasgow, United Kingdom, 19th Century French Pictures in the Burrell Collection, 1965, no. 9, as La Maison de Zola à Médan.

1979–80 London and traveling

Royal Academy of Arts, London, Post-Impressionism: Cross-Currents in European Painting, November 17, 1979–March 16, 1980, no. 40, ill., (dated c. 1880), as Le Château de Médan, lent by Glasgow Art Gallery and Museum. Traveled to: National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., May 25–September 1, 1980.

1990 Edinburgh

National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, Cézanne and Poussin: The Classical Vision in Landscape, August 9–October 21, 1990, no. 29, ill.

1995–96 Paris and traveling

Grand Palais, Paris, Cézanne, September 26, 1995–January 14, 1996, no. 69, ill. shown in London only. Traveled to: Tate Gallery, London, February 8–April 28, 1996; Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, May 26–September 1, 1996.

1997 Glasgow

Glasgow Art Museum, Glasgow, United Kingdom, The Birth of Impressionism, From Constable to Monet, May 23–September 7, 1997, listed p. 31.

2006–07 London

National Gallery, London, Cézanne in Britain, October 4, 2006–January 7, 2007, no. 21, ill., as The Château de Médan.

2018 Marseille

Musée Cantini, Marseille, France, Collection Burrell: chefs-d’œuvre réalistes et impressionnistes, May 18–September 23, 2018, pp. 42-43, as Le Château de Médan, c. 1879-1880.

Published References

Gauguin 1888a

Gauguin, Paul. Sketchbook, known as Album Briand. , p. 5 (as size 20), list datable to c. Jan. 1888.

Madsen 1889

Madsen, Karl. "Kunst. Impressionisterne i Kunstforeningen, II." Politiken, November 10, 1889.

Gauguin 1894a

Gauguin, Paul. "Letter to Edvard Brandes, Paris, February 17, 1894." In Bodelsen, Merete, Gauguin, the Collector, The Burlington Magazine, vol. CXII, no 810. September 1907, as ... les Cézanne ...

Gauguin 1918

Gauguin, Paul. Avant et après. Leipzig: K. Wolff, 1918, pp. 191–92.

Cicerone 1927b

"Ausgestellt bei Dr. Alfred Gold, Berlin." Der Cicerone 19, no. 13 (1927), p. 425, ill., as La Maison de Zola à Médan.

Galerie Gold 1930

French impressionists, old masters : 35 paintings selected from exhibitions at Dr. Alfred Gold's Gallery. Berlin: Galerie Gold, 1930, p. [18], ill., as Emile Zola's Country-house, 1877.

H.[erbert] R.[ead]. "Corot to Cezanne." The Burlington Magazine for Connoisseurs 69, no. 400 (July 1936), p. 36, fig. B p. [37].

Studio 1936

The Studio (London) (November 1936), frontispiece.

Venturi 1936b

Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 325, ill. vol. II, as Le Château de Médan.

Rewald 1936e

Rewald, John. Cézanne et Zola. Paris: Editions A. Sedrowski, 1936, fig. 43 (with photograph of motif).

Cézanne 1937

Cézanne, Paul. Correspondance. Edited by John Rewald. Paris: Bernard Grasset, 1937, pp. 145, 165, 171–72.

Rewald 1937a

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. 54, as Le Château de Médan.

Novotny 1938

Novotny, Fritz. Cézanne und das Ende der wissenschaftlichen Perspektive. Vienna: Anton Schroll, 1938, list of motifs: no. 117.

Rewald 1939c

Rewald, John. Cézanne, sa vie, son œuvre, son amitié pour Zola. Paris: Albin Michel, 1939, fig. 52 (with photograph of motif).

Dorival 1948

Dorival, Bernard. Cézanne. Paris: Pierre Tisné, 1948, p. 46.

Rewald 1948b

Rewald, John. Paul Cézanne: A Biography. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1948, fig. 70.

Rewald 1950a

Rewald, John. Cézanne. London: Phoenix House, 1950, fig. 37.

Glasgow Art Gallery 1953

Catalogue of French Paintings. Glasgow, 1953, p. 9, ill., as Zola's House at Médan.

Gowing 1956

Gowing, Lawrence. "Notes on the Development of Cézanne." The Burlington Magazine 98, no. 639 (June 1956), p. 189.

Bodelsen 1962

Bodelsen, Merete. "Gauguin's Cézannes." The Burlington Magazine 104, no. 710 (May 1962), p. 208, fig. 41.

Chappuis 1962

Chappuis, Adrien. Les dessins de Paul Cézanne au cabinet des estampes du Musée des beaux-arts de Bâle. Olten and Lausanne: Urs Graf, 1962, vol. 1, p. 69, fig. 31 (detail).

Reff 1962c

Reff, Theodore. "Cézanne's Constructive Stroke." Art Quarterly 25, no. 3 (Autumn 1962), pp. 221, 223, fig. 4.

Martini and Negri 1967

Martini, Alberto, and Renata Negri. Cézanne e il post-impressionismo. Milan: Fabbri, 1967, pl. III.

Murphy 1968

Murphy, Richard W. The World of Cézanne, 1839–1906. New York: Time-Life Books, 1968, p. 152.

Bodelsen 1968a

Bodelsen, Merete. Gauguin og Impressionisterne. Copenhagen: Kunstforeningen, 1968, pp. 79-92, ill. p. 85.

Bodelsen 1970b

Bodelsen, Merete. "Gauguin, the Collector." The Burlington Magazine 112, no. 810 (September 1970), p. 606 Catalogue no. 6, as Maison Zola.

Brion 1971

Brion, Marcel. Cézanne. Milan: Fratelli Fabbri, 1971, ill. p. 38.

Honeyman 1971

Honeyman, T.J. Art and Audacity. London: Collins, 1971, ill. between pp. 104 and 105, as Zola's House at Médan.

Elgar 1975

Elgar, Frank. Cézanne. New York: Praeger, 1975, fig. 51.

Cézanne 1976

Cézanne, Paul. Letters. Translated by Marguerite Kay. New York: Hacker Art Books, 1976, pp. 164, 182, 189.

Bernard, B. 1986

Bernard, Bruce. The Impressionist Revolution. London: Orbis, 1986, p. 120, ill.

Wollheim 1987

Wollheim, Richard. Painting as an Art. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1987, fig. 2.

Kendall 1988

Kendall, Richard, ed. Cézanne: By Himself. London: Macdonald, 1988, p. 133, ill.

Lévêque 1988

Lévêque, Jean Jacques. La Vie et l'oeuvre de Paul Cézanne. Courbevoie: ACR, 1988, p. 119, ill. in color.

Plazy 1988

Plazy, Gilles. Cézanne ou la peinture absolue. Paris: Editions Liana Levi, 1988, p. 82, ill. in color.

Gowing 1988b

Gowing, Lawrence. Paul Cézanne: The Basel Sketchbooks. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1988. Exhibition catalogue, fig. 17 p. 31, listed p. 145.

Naubert-Riser 1992

Naubert-Riser, Constance. Cézanne. London: Studio Editions, 1994, p. 71.

Verdi 1992

Verdi, Richard. Cézanne. London and New York: Thames & Hudson, 1992, p. 93, fig. 77.

Kendall 1993a

Kendall, Richard, ed. Cézanne & Poussin: A Symposium. Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1993, pl. 24.

Lartigue 1995

Lartigue, Charles de. Les paysages de Paul Cézanne. Lyon: Les Créations du Pélican, 1995, p. 74, ill.

Machotka 1996

Machotka, Pavel. Cézanne: Landscape into Art. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1996, p. 121, fig. 95, with photograph of the motif, fig. 94, as Le Château de Médan, dated 1879–80.

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. 437, ill. vol. 2, as Le Château de Médan.

Smith 1996

Smith, Paul. Interpreting Cézanne. London: Tate Publishing, 1996, p. 68, fig. 56, as The Château de Médan.

Harvey 1998

Harvey, Benjamin. "Cézanne and Zola: A Reassessment of 'L'Eternel féminin.'" Burlington, vol. 140, no. 1142 (May 1998), p. 314, fig. 21.

Lewis 2000

Lewis, Mary Tompkins. Cézanne. London: Phaidon, 2000, op. 204-05, fig. 123.

Schwarz 2000

Schwarz, Birgit. "Landscapes." In Cézanne: Finished, Unfinished. Ostfildern-Ruit: Hatje Cantz, 2000. Exhibition catalogue, p. 278, fig. 1, as Le Château de Médan.

Verdi 2007

Verdi, Richard. "Cézanne in Britain, London." The Burlington Magazine 149, no. 1246 (January 2007), p. 54, fig. 62 p. 53, as Château de Médan.

D'Souza 2008

D'Souza, Aruna. Cézanne's Bathers. University Park: Pennsylvania State University Press, 2008, fig. 17, ill.

Simms 2008

Simms, Matthew. Cézanne's watercolors: between drawing and painting. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2008, p. 68, fig. 50.

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. 86–87, ill., as Le Château de Médan, with old postcard view of the site.

Société Paul Cézanne 2011

Société Paul Cézanne. P. Cézanne: À Paris et en Île de France. ed., Denis Coutagne. Marseille: Éditions Crès, 2011, p. 83, ill., as Le Château de Médan.

Warman 2011

Warman, Jayne. "Cézanne peintre des peintres." In Cézanne et Paris. Paris: Éditions de la Rmn-Grand Palais, 2011. Exhibition catalogue, p. 166, fig. 82, as Le Château de Médan.

Coutagne 2011e

Coutagne, Denis. "Il paesaggio in Cézanne." In Cézanne: Les ateliers du midi. Milan: Skira, 2011. Exhibition catalogue, p. 47, fig. 24.

Ruppen 2017

Ruppen, Fabienne. "Paul Cézanne's Loose Sheets in the Kupferstichkabinett of the Kunstmuseum Basel." In The Hidden Cézanne: From Sketchbook to Canvas. Basel: Prestel, 2017. Exhibition catalogue, p. 226, fig. 8.

Société Paul Cezanne 2019

Cezanne, Jas de Bouffan: art et histoire. Under the scientific direction of Denis Coutagne and François Chédeville. Lyon; Aix-en-Provence: Fage édition; Société Paul Cezanne, 2019, fig. 50 p. 66.

Nagaï 2021b

Nagaï, Takanori. "Cezanne chez Gauguin." Aesthetics, nos. 23-24 (2021), p. 35, fig.15.

Vintage postcard view of the motif.

Photo: Courtesy Alain Mothe

Le Château de Médan, c.1880 (FWN 149). Motif for no. 149
John Rewald Archive, Department of Image Collections, National Gallery of Art Library, Washington, D.C.

Motif for no. 149 John Rewald Archive, Department of Image Collections, National Gallery of Art Library, Washington, D.C.

Site identified by John Rewald.

Record last updated April 11, 2022. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.

Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Le Château de Médan, c.1880 (FWN 149)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=939 (accessed on April 20, 2024).

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