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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 269
La Maison de Bellevue
c.1890
Alternate titles: Bellevue; La casa di Bellevue; La maison Belle Vue; Maisons en Provence
Rewald (691): c.1890; Venturi revised: 1896–98; Venturi (655): 1890–94
Oil on canvas
23 5/8 x 28 11/16 in. (60 x 73 cm)
Provenance
Ambroise Vollard, Paris
Herbert C. Coleman, London
Paul Rosenberg, Paris
Private collection, Geneva (1935);
Musée d'Art et d'Histoire de la Ville de Genève
Exhibition History
1934b New York
Durand-Ruel and Paul Rosenberg, Durand-Ruel Galleries, New York, Great French Masters of the Nineteenth Century, February 12–March 10, 1934, no. 3, ill., (dated 1887), as Maisons en Provence.1935d Paris
Galerie Rosenberg, Paris, L'art du XIXe siècle dans un décor ancien, February 1935, Installation photograph.1938b London
Rosenberg & Helft, London, Ten French Painters of the XIXth Century, February 15–March 12, 1938, no. 2, pl. I, as Maisons en Provence, 1887.1938c Paris
Paul Rosenberg, Paris, Les Influences: Ingres à de Segonzac, May 3–13, May 18–June 4, 1938, no. 2, (dated 1887), as Bellevue.1938b Amsterdam
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Honderd jaar Fransche kunst, July 2–September 25, 1938, no. 30a, lent by C.B.1939a Paris
Paul Rosenberg, Paris, Exposition Cézanne (1839-1906), organisée à l'occasion de son centenaire au profit de l’œuvre de l'allaitement maternel, February 21–April 1, 1939, no. 25, ill., as La Maison de Bellevue, 1892, lent by Charles Baudry.1954 Geneva
Musée Rath, Geneva, Trésors des collections romandes, June 26–October 3, 1954, no. 69, as La maison Belle Vue, lent by Private collection, Geneva.1964 Lausanne
Palais de Beaulieu, Lausanne, Switzerland, Chefs-d'œuvre des collections suisses: de Manet à Picasso, May 1–October 25, 1964, no. 92, ill., as La Maison de Bellevue, 1890-1892, lent by Private collection, Geneva.1967b Paris
Orangerie, Paris, Chefs-d'oeuvre des collections suisses de Manet à Picasso, May 10–October 2, 1967, no. 91, ill. lent by Private collection, Geneva.1974 Tokyo and traveling
National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, Cézanne, March 30–May 19, 1974, no. 40. Traveled to: Municipal Museum, Kyoto, Japan, June 1–July 17, 1974; Cultural Center, Fukuoka, Japan, July 24–August 18, 1974.2003–04 Treviso
Casa dei Carraresi, Treviso, Italy, L'Oro e l'azzurro: I colori del Sud da Cézanne a Bonnard, October 10, 2003–March 7, 2004, no. 36, ill., as La casa di Bellevue, 1890-1894.2006 Washington, D.C. and traveling
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., Cézanne in Provence, January 29–May 7, 2006, no. 58, ill. Traveled to: Musée Granet, Aix-en-Provence, France, June 9–September 17, 2006.2014a Madrid
Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid, Cézanne: site / non-site, February 4–May 18, 2014, no. 62, ill.2017 Martigny
Fondation Pierre Gianadda, Martigny, Switzerland, Paul Cézanne: le chant de la terre, June 16–November 19, 2017, no. 40, ill. lent by Musées d'art et d'histoire de la Ville de Genève.2021–22 Budapest
Szépmüvészeti Múzeum, Budapest, Hungary, Cezanne to Malevich, Arcadia to Abstraction, October 28, 2021–February 13, 2022, no. 45, ill.Published References
Colson 1931
Colson, Percy. "Some Notes on Mr. Herbert Coleman's Collection." Apollo 13, no. 76 (April 1931), pp. 217–18, fig. V.Waldemar-George 1935
Waldemar-George. "La quinzaine artistique: L'art du XIXe siècle dans un décor ancien (Galerie Paul Rosenberg)." La Revue mondiale (March 15, 1935), p. 36, as paysage provençal.Venturi 1935b
Venturi, Lionello. "Paul Cézanne." L'Arte 6, nos. 4 and 5 (July 1935), p. 411, fig. 29.Venturi 1936b
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 655, ill. vol. II, as La Maison de Bellevue.Rewald 1936e
Rewald, John. Cézanne et Zola. Paris: Editions A. Sedrowski, 1936, fig. 69, with photograph of motif.Novotny 1938
Novotny, Fritz. Cézanne und das Ende der wissenschaftlichen Perspektive. Vienna: Anton Schroll, 1938, list of motifs: no. 69, fig. 39.Rewald 1939c
Rewald, John. Cézanne, sa vie, son œuvre, son amitié pour Zola. Paris: Albin Michel, 1939, fig. 72, with photograph of motif.Rewald 1944
Rewald, John. "As Cézanne Recreated Nature." Art News 43, no. 1 (February 15, 1944), p. 12, ill., with photograph of motif.Rewald 1948b
Rewald, John. Paul Cézanne: A Biography. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1948, fig. 78 (with photograph of motif).Rewald 1950a
Rewald, John. Cézanne. London: Phoenix House, 1950, fig. 61.Müller 1982
Müller, Joseph-Emile. Cézanne. Translated by Jane Brenton. Paris: Fernand Hazan, 1982, pl. 19.Cachin and Rishel 1995
Cachin, Françoise, and Joseph Rishel. Cézanne. Paris: Réunion des musées nationaux, 1995. Exhibition catalogue, p. 263, fig. 1.Coutagne 1995
Coutagne, Denis. Cézanne en Provence. Paris: Editions Assouline, 1995.Lartigue 1995
Lartigue, Charles de. Les paysages de Paul Cézanne. Lyon: Les Créations du Pélican, 1995, p. 104, ill.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. 90.Machotka 1996
Machotka, Pavel. Cézanne: Landscape into Art. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1996, p. 81, fig. 50, with photographs of motif, p. 80, figs. 48 and 49, as La Maison de Bellevue.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. 691, ill. vol. 2, as La Maison de Bellevue.Athanassoglou-Kallmyer 2003
Athanassoglou-Kallmyer, Nina M. Cézanne and Provence: The Painter in His Culture. Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press, 2003, p. 129, fig. 3.30, as La Maison de Bellevue.Société Paul Cézanne 2005
Société Paul Cézanne. P. Cézanne: Les sites provençaux. Edited by Pavel Machotka. Marseille: Editions Crès, 2005, p. 69, ill., with photos of motif (c. 1935 and 1992), p. 68, as La Maison de Bellevue.Novotny 2011
Novotny, Fritz. Paul Cézanne: Gesammelte Schriften zu seinem Werk und Materialien aus dem Nachlaß. Introduction by Gabriel Ramin Schor (editor), Agnes Blaha (assistance). Vienna: Klever, 2011, fig. 39.Machotka 2011a
Machotka, Pavel. "Des paysages du nord aux premiers pas du cubisme." In Cézanne et Paris. Paris: Éditions de la Rmn-Grand Palais, 2011. Exhibition catalogue, p. 192, fig. 107, as La Maison de Bellevue.Machotka 2014
Machotka, Pavel. Cézanne: Landscape into Art. Prague: Arbor Vitae, 2014, p. 133, fig. 45c, with black and white and color photos of motif, p. 132, figs. 45a and 45b, as La Maison de Bellevue.Coutagne 2015
Coutagne, Denis. "P. Cézanne, sur la colline de la Constance–Valcros." Aix-en-Provence: SPLA Pays d'Aix Territoires, June 2015, ill.p. 72.Bonfort 2016
Bonfort, ed., Didier. Dans les pas de P. Cezanne, Valcros - Bellevue - Montbriand. Didier Bonfort, ed.. Aix-en-provence: Sauvegarde des paysages de Cezanne, February 2016, p. 21, ill., as La Maison de Bellevue.
John Rewald Archive, Department of Image Collections, National Gallery of Art Library, Washington, D.C.
Photo: John Rewald, circa 1935; © Sabine Rewald
Photograph by Lionello Venturi, 1933–35 (Courtesy Archivio di Lionello Venturi, Department of Art History and Performance, Sapienza University, Rome)
Site identified by John Rewald..
Photo: Pavel Machotka, 1991; © Courtesy Pavel Machotka Archive
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Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "La Maison de Bellevue, c.1890 (FWN 269)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=669 (accessed on April 24, 2024).
