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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)
Catalogue entry
FWN 489
Portrait de madame Cezanne
1886–87
Alternate titles: Bildnis Mad. Cézanne; La signora Cézanne in azzurro; Madame Cézanne; Madame Cézanne de azul; Madame Cézanne en bleu; Madame Cézanne in Blue; Mme. Cézanne in Blau; Podobizna; Portrait de Madame Cézanne; Portrait de madame Cézanne, en bleu; Portrait de Mme Cézanne; Portrait of Madame Cézanne; Portrait of Mme Cézanne in Blue
Rewald (650): 1888–90; Venturi revised: 1886–88; Venturi (529): 1885–87
Oil on canvas
29 3/16 x 24 in. (74.1 x 61 cm)
Provenance
Ambroise Vollard, Paris
Walther Halvorsen, Oslo
Galerie Thannhauser, Lucerne, and Knoedler Galleries, New York (July 26, 1930)
Mrs. R. Lee Blaffer, Houston (Feb. 1948);
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (1947)
Exhibition History
1923c Prague
S.V.U. Mánes, Pavillon Mánes, Prague, Francouzští mistři [French Masters], December 1923, no. 27, ill., as Podobizna (Portrait).1925b London
Leicester Galleries, London, Paintings and Drawings by Paul Cézanne, June–July 1925, no. 14, ill. in b/w, as Portrait de Madame Cézanne.1927c Berlin
Galerie Thannhauser, Vereinshaus der Berliner Künstler, Berlin, Erste Sonderausstellung in Berlin, January 9–mid-February, 1927, no. 23, ill., as Bildnis Mad. Cézanne, lent by Halvorsen.1930d New York
Knoedler Galleries, New York, Masterpieces by nineteenth century French painters, October–November 1930, no. 2, ill., as Portrait de madame Cézanne, en bleu.1931 Wilmington
Society of Fine Arts, Wilmington, Delaware, French Paintings, 1931, no. 3, ill.1931a Chicago
Knoedler Galleries, Chicago, A Century of French Painting, February 24–March 14, 1931, no. 3, ill.1931c New York
Knoedler Galleries, New York, Pictures of People, 1870–1930, April 6–18, 1931, no. 6, ill., as Portrait de madame Cézanne, en bleu.1931 Detroit
Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, Modern French Painting, May 22–June 30, 1931, no. 15, as Portrait of Mme Cézanne in Blue, lent by Knoedler.1933b Chicago
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, A Century of Progress, June 1–November 1, 1933, no. 312, (dated 1890–95), lent by Knoedler.1934 Ottawa and traveling
National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, French Painting of the 19th Century, January 1934, no. 15. Traveled to: Art Gallery of Toronto, Toronto, February 1934; Art Association, Montreal, March 1934.1937 San Francisco
San Francisco Museum of Art, San Francisco, Paul Cézanne: Exhibition of Paintings, Water-colors, Drawings and Prints, September 1–October 4, 1937, no. 23, ill. lent by J. Thannhauser.1939 Melbourne and traveling
Town Hall, Melbourne, Australia, Exhibition of French and British Contemporary Art, opening: October 16, 1939, no. 23, ill., as Portrait de Madame Cézanne, 1885-1887. Traveled to: Exhibition Gallery, David Jones', Sidney, Australia, opening: November 20, 1939.1939 Lyon
Musée de Lyon, Palais Saint-Pierre, Lyon, France, Centenaire de Paul Cézanne, May 7–June 18, 1939, no. 31, pl. XII, lent by Thannhauser.1939b Paris
Société des artistes indépendants, Grand Palais, Paris, 50e exposition - Centenaire du peintre indépendant Paul Cézanne, March 17–April 10, 1939, no. 14, as Portrait de Mme Cézanne, lent by Thannhauser ("exhibited for the first time").1942 Cambridge, Mass.
Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, Massachusetts, French Art of the Nineteenth Century, 1942, no. 7.1942 Providence
Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island, French Art of the 19th and 20th Centuries, November 1942, no. 7.1944 Rochester
Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester, New York, Old Masters of Modern Art, April–May 1944.1946c New York
Knoedler Galleries, New York, Knoedler's One Hundred Years, 1846–1946, April 1–27, 1946, no. 19.1946–47 New York
Knoedler Galleries, New York, Selected French Paintings, December 26, 1946–January 11, 1947.1947 Cincinnati
Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, Paintings by Paul Cézanne, February 5–March 9, 1947, no. 7, ill. lent by Knoedler.1952 Chicago and traveling
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Cézanne: Paintings, Watercolors & Drawings, A Loan Exhibition, February 7–March 16, 1952, no. 67, ill. lent by Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Traveled to: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, April 1–May 16, 1952.1954 Fort Worth
Art Center, Fort Worth, Texas, Inaugural Exhibition, October 8–31, 1954, no. 9.1955 San Francisco
San Francisco Museum of Art, San Francisco, Art in the Twentieth Century, June 17–July 10, 1955.1956b San Diego
La Jolla Art Center, San Diego, Great French Paintings, June 15–July 26, 1956, no. 3, ill.1960 Berkeley
Galleries of the Art Department, University of California, Berkeley, California, Art from Ingres to Pollock: Painting and Sculpture since Neoclassicism, March 6–April 3, 1960, ill., p. 18.1964b New York
Marlborough-Gerson Gallery, New York, Important European Paintings from Texas Private Collections, November–December 1964, no. 7, ill.1966 Bordeaux
Musée de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France, La peinture française: collections américaines, May 13–September 15, 1966, no. 55, pl. 41, as Portrait de madame Cézanne, en bleu, c. 1885-1887, lent by The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.1982 Liège and traveling
Musée Saint-Georges, Liège, Belgium, Cézanne, March 12–May 9, 1982, no. 18, ill. 1885-87. Traveled to: Musée Granet, Aix-en-Provence, France, June 12–August 31, 1982 (exhibition catalogue; preface by Denis Coutagne).1982 Aix-en-Provence
Musée Granet, Aix-en-Provence, France, Cézanne, June 12–August 31, 1982, no. 18, ill.1993 Tübingen
Kunsthalle, Tübingen, Germany, Cézanne Gemälde, January 16–May 2, 1993, no. 38, ill.1995–96 Paris and traveling
Grand Palais, Paris, Cézanne, September 26, 1995–January 14, 1996, no. 125, ill. Traveled to: Tate Gallery, London, February 8–April 28, 1996; Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, May 26–September 1, 1996.1997–98 Stockholm
Nationalmuseum, Stockholm, Cézanne i blickpunkten, October 17, 1997–January 11, 1998, no. 5, ill., pp. 38–39 (dated 1888–90).1998–99 Sydney
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Classic Cézanne, November 28, 1998–February 28, 1999, no. 69, ill., as Portrait de madame Cezanne, 1885-87, lent bye The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.1999–2000 Baltimore and traveling
The Baltimore Museum, Baltimore, Faces of Impressionism, Portraits from American Collections, October 10, 1999–January 30, 2000, no. 16, ill. Traveled to: Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, March 25–May 7, 2000; Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, May 28–July 30, 2000.2002 Rome
Complesso del Vittoriano, Rome, Cézanne: Il padre dei moderni, March 7–July 7, 2002, listed p. 168, ill., as La signora Cézanne in azzurro, lent by The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.2007a Madrid
Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid, El espejo y la máscara: el retrato en el siglo de Picasso, February 6–May 20, 2007, no. 42, ill., and ill. p. 24 (detail), as Madame Cézanne de azul, 1888-1890. Traveled to: Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, Texas, June 17–September 16, 2007.2008–09 Yokohama and traveling
Yokohama Museum of Art, Yokohama, Japan, Homage to Cézanne: His Influence on the Development of Twentieth Century Painting, November 15, 2008–January 25, 2009, no. 9, ill., and cover, as Portrait de madame Cezanne. Traveled to: Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art, Hokkaido, Japan, February 7–April 12, 2009.2012–13 Budapest
Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest, Hungary, Cézanne and the Past: Tradition and Creativity, October 25, 2012–February 17, 2013, no. 127, ill.2014–15b New York
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Madame Cézanne, November 19, 2014–March 15, 2015, n.n., pl. 18, lent by Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.2017 Paris
Musée d'Orsay, Paris, Cézanne Portraits, June 13–September 24, 2017, no. 40, ill.2017–18 Paris and traveling
Musée d'Orsay, Paris, Cézanne Portraits, June 13–September 24, 2017, no. 13.2, ill. Traveled to: National Portrait Gallery, London, October 26, 2017–February 11, 2018; National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C, March 25–July 1, 2018.Published References
Anonymous 1923
Anonymous. "Výtvarné uměni: Ještě francouzské uměni [Fine Art: Regarding French Art]." Venkov: orgán České strany agrární (Prague) (December 30, 1923), p. 4, as Podobizna.jč 1923
jč. "Kulturní kronika: Francouzští mistři [Cultural Chronicle: French Masters]." Lidové noviny (Brno) (December 13, 1923), p. 7, as Podobizna.Jamot 1929
Jamot, Paul. "L'art français en Norvège." La Renaissance (Paris; New York), vol. 12, no. 2 (February 1929), p. 101, ill. p. 89, as Portrait de Mme Cézanne, Walther Halvorsen collection.D'Ors 1930
Ors, Eugenio d.' Paul Cézanne. Paris: Editions des Chroniques du Jour, 1930, pl. 4.Pantheon 1930
Pantheon (Munich) Band VI (July-December 1930), p. 584, ill., as Mme. Cézanne in Blau.Art News 1930b
The Art News (Nov. 8, 1930), ill. on cover, as Madame Cézanne in Blue.Tannahill 1931
"School of Art Has Given Impetus to Entire Modern Movement, Claim." Detroit Free Press, May 31, 1931, p. 41, ill., as Madame Cézanne en bleu.Bulliet 1933
Bulliet, Clarence Joseph. Art masterpieces in a Century of Progress, vol. I. Chicago: North-Mariano Press, 1933, pl. 44.Frankfurter 1933
Frankfurter, Alfred M. "Art in the Century in Progress." Fine Arts 20, no. 2 (June 1933), p. 36, ill.Bulliet 1936
Bulliet, Clarence Joseph. The Significant Moderns and Their Pictures. New York: Covici, 1936, pl. 7.Di San Lazzaro 1936
Di San Lazzaro, Gualtieri. Paul Cézanne. Paris: Chroniques du Jour, 1936, fig. 4.D'Ors 1936a
Ors, Eugenio d.' Paul Cézanne. New York: E. Weyhe, 1936, pl. 4.Venturi 1936b
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 529, ill. vol. II, as Portrait de Madame Cézanne.Vollard 1937
Vollard, Ambroise. Souvenirs d'un marchand de tableaux. Paris: Albin Michel, 1937, pl. 24.Gaunt 1938
Gaunt, William. "Paul Cézanne: An Essay in Valuation of the Ideals and Achievements of the Greatest Amateur of an Amateur Age in Painting." Studio 116, no. 564 (September 1938), p. 143, ill.Houston Museum of Fine Arts 1948
The Bulletin of the Museum of Fine Arts of Houston - Texas vol. 10, number 2 (Spring 1948), ill. front cover, as Madame Cézanne in Blue.Ramuz 1951
Ramuz, Charles Ferdinand. L'exemple de Cézanne suivi de Pages sur Cézanne: dessins et peintures. Lausanne: Mermod, 1951, ill. p. 22, as Madame Cézanne.Schapiro 1973
Schapiro, Meyer. Paul Cézanne. Translated by Louis-Marie Ollivier. Paris: Nouvelles Editions Françaises, 1973, pl. 14.Houston Museum of Fine Arts 1981
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston: A Guide to the Collection. Houston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1981, no. 194, pp. 112-113, ill., as Madame Cézanne in Blue, 1885-1887.Harris 1982
Harris, Nathaniel. The Art of Cézanne. London: Optimum Books, 1982, p. 31, ill. in color.Rishel 1983
Rishel, Joseph J. Cézanne in Philadelphia Collections. Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1983. Exhibition catalogue, p. 20, fig. 9b.Kendall 1988
Kendall, Richard, ed. Cézanne: By Himself. London: Macdonald, 1988, p. 77, ill.Lévêque 1988
Lévêque, Jean Jacques. La Vie et l'oeuvre de Paul Cézanne. Courbevoie: ACR, 1988, p. 93, ill. in color.Plazy 1988
Plazy, Gilles. Cézanne ou la peinture absolue. Paris: Editions Liana Levi, 1988, p. 90, ill. in color.Marzio 1989
Marzio, Peter C. (Introduction). A permanent legacy: 150 works from the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. New York: Hudson Hills; in association with the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 1989, pp. 182-183, as Madame Cézanne in Blue, 1885-1887.Coutagne et al. 1996
Coutagne, Denis, et al. Les Sites Cézanniens du Pays d'Aix: Hommage à John Rewald. Paris: Réunion des musées nationaux, 1996, p. 68.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. 650, ill. vol. 2, as Portrait de Madame Cézanne.Feilchenfeldt, C. 2000a
Feilchenfeldt, Christina. "Portraits." In Cézanne: Finished, Unfinished. Ostfildern-Ruit: Hatje Cantz, 2000. Exhibition catalogue, p. 170, fig. 1, as Portrait de madame Cezanne.Schmidt 2007
Schmidt, Bertram. "Picasso und Cézanne. Zur Entstehung der kubistischen Bildsprache." In Jahrbuch der Staatlichen Kunstsammlungen in Baden-Württemberg 44, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Baden-Württemberg. Munich: Deutscher Kunstverlag, 2007, p. 92, fig. 7 (detail).Bois 2009
Bois, Yve-Alain. "Cézanne and Matisse: From Apprenticeship to Creative Misreading." In Cézanne and Beyond. Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art; New Haven: In association with Yale University Press, 2009. Exhibition catalogue, pp. 126, ill., p. 322, pl. 111, as Madame Cézanne in Blue.Kienle 2009
Kienle, Anabelle. "Cézanne and Beckmann: 'A Powerful New Pictorial Architecture.'" In Cézanne and Beyond. Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art; New Haven: In association with Yale University Press, 2009, p. 322, pl. 111, as Madame Cézanne in Blue.Sidlauskas 2009
Sidlauskas, Susan. Cézanne's Other: The Portraits of Hortense. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2009, pl. 9, as Portrait de madame Cezanne.Shiff 2009a
Shiff, Richard. "Lucky Cézanne (Cézanne Tychique)." In Cézanne and Beyond. Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art; New Haven: Yale University Press, 2009. Exhibition catalogue, p. 82, ill., p. 322, pl. 111, as Madame Cézanne in Blue.Leeman 2013
Leeman, Fred. Emile Bernard (1868–1941). Paris: Wildenstein Institute and Citadelles & Mazenod, 2013, p. 354, fig. 84.Benedetti 2013b
Benedetti, Maria Teresa. "Gli artisti italiani e Cézanne." In Cézanne et gli artisti italiani del '900. Milan: Skira, 2013. Exhibition catalogue, p. 63, fig. 79.Shiff 2017a
Shiff, Richard. "Mimetic Cézanne." 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. 6.Armstrong 2018
Armstrong, Carol. Cézanne's Gravity. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2018, fig. 88.France-Lanord 2018
France-Lanord, Hadrien. La couleur et la parole: les chemins de Paul Cézanne et de Martin Heidegger. Paris: Gallimard, 2018, ill. p. 116 (detail), as Madame Cézanne en bleu.Force et al 2020
Force (editor), Christel H. Pioneers of the Global Art Market, Paris-Based Dealer Networks, 1850–1950. London: Bloomsbury Visual Arts, 2020, pp. 147, 155 (n.82).Dombrowski, Ireson and Patry 2021
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. 194, fig. 10, as Portrait of Madame Cézanne.Notes
After her marriage to Cézanne in April 1886, Hortense Fiquet and Paul junior lived in Aix at 10bis Cours Sextius until the end of 1887; the artist lived at the Jas de Bouffan with his mother. This portrait was executed at the Jas de Bouffan. The same panelling in the background of Portrait d'Henri Gasquet, 1896 (522).
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Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Portrait de madame Cezanne, 1886–87 (FWN 489)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=631 (accessed on May 2, 2024).
