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Catalogue entry

FWN 542
Portrait de paysan
1904–06
Alternate title: Le paysan
Rewald (943): 1904–06; Venturi revised: 1900–1904; Venturi (712): 1900–1904; Reff: probably 1898–1900
Oil on canvas
35 11/16 x 29 13/16 in. (90.8 x 75.6 cm)
Vollard archives: photo no. 561, Annotated by Cezanne's son: 1901
National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa (inv. no. 5769)

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Provenance
Ambroise Vollard, Paris;
Estate of Ambroise Vollard, Paris
National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa (1950)
Exhibition History
1932c Paris
Société des Artistes français, Grand Palais des Champs-Elysées, Cinquantenaire des Artistes français, May 1, 1932, n.n., ill., as Le paysan, lent by Vollard.
1950–51 Ottawa
National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Paintings from the Vollard Collection, November 7, 1950–November 26, 1951, no. 4, ill., as Portrait de paysan.
1952 Toronto
Art Gallery of Toronto, Toronto, Canadian National Exhibition, August 22–September 6, 1952, no. 5.
1953 Vancouver
Art Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, French Impressionists, March 24–April 19, 1953, no. 46.
1954 Toronto
Art Gallery of Toronto, Toronto, Paintings by European Masters from Public and Private Collections in Toronto, Montreal, and Ottawa, January 15–February 21, 1954, no. 67, ill.
1956 The Hague
Haags Gemeentemuseum, The Hague, the Netherlands, Paul Cézanne, June 1–August 1, 1956, no. 50, ill.
1956 Zurich
Kunsthaus, Zurich, Paul Cézanne, August 22–October 7, 1956, no. 80, pl. 42.
1956 Munich
Haus der Kunst, Munich, Paul Cézanne, October 12–November 18, 1956, no. 62, ill. lent by National Gallery of Canada.
1956–57 Cologne
Wallraf-Richartz-Museum, (Kunsthaus Lempertz), Cologne, Cézanne, Ausstellung zum Gedenken an sein 50. Todesjahr, December 1956–January 1957, no. 30, ill. lent by National Gallery of Ottawa.
1974 Tokyo and traveling
National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, Cézanne, March 30–May 19, 1974, no. 60, (picture withdrawn). Traveled to: Municipal Museum, Kyoto, Japan, June 1–July 17, 1974; Cultural Center, Fukuoka, Japan, July 24–August 18, 1974.
1984 Madrid
Museo Español de Arte Contemporáneo, Madrid, Paul Cézanne, March 9–April 1984, no. 53.
1993 Tübingen
Kunsthalle, Tübingen, Germany, Cézanne Gemälde, January 16–May 2, 1993, no. 78, ill.
1998 St. Petersburg and traveling
State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation, Cézanne and the Russian Avant-Garde, August 9–September 24, 1998, no. 45, ill., (dated c. 1901). Traveled to: Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow, October 15–November 18, 1998 (exhibition catalogue in Russian; text by Albert Kostenevich).
2017 Paris
Musée d'Orsay, Paris, Cézanne Portraits, June 13–September 24, 2017, no. 63, ill. shown in Paris and Washington only.
2017–18 Paris and traveling
Musée d'Orsay, Paris, Cézanne Portraits, June 13–September 24, 2017, no. 24.3, ill. shown in Paris and Washington only. Traveled to: National Portrait Gallery, London, October 26, 2017–February 11, 2018; National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C, March 25–July 1, 2018.
2017–18 Karlsruhe
Staatliche Kunsthalle, Karlsruhe, Germany, Cézanne - Metamorphosen, October 28, 2017–February 11, 2018, no. 91, ill.
Published References
Venturi 1936b
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 712, ill. vol. II, as Portrait de paysan .
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. 56.
Canadian Art 1951
"New Acquisitions for Canadian Galleries.", p. 75, ill. p. 74.
Hubbard 1959
Hubbard, Robert Hamilton. The National Gallery of Canada: Catalogue of Paintings and Sculpture. Ottawa: University of Toronto Press, 1959, no. 5769, p. 6, ill.
Hubbard 1962
Hubbard, Robert Hamilton. European Paintings in Canadian Collections,vol. II. Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1962, pp. 60, 150, pl. XXX.
Feist 1963
Feist, Peter Heinz. Paul Cézanne. Leipzig: E.A. Seemann, 1963, pp. 33, 38, pl. 74.
Boggs 1971
Boggs, Jean Sutherland. The National Gallery of Canada. Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1971, p. 41, fig. 52.
Sutton 1974
Sutton, Denys. "The Paradoxes of Cézanne." Apollo (London) 100, no. 150 (August 1974), fig. 5 p. 101.
Boggs 1978
Boggs, Jean Sutherland. "The Prophetic Late Paintings of Cézanne." Artscanada 35, no. 219 (1978), p. 38.
Naubert-Riser 1992
Naubert-Riser, Constance. Cézanne. London: Studio Editions, 1994, p. 125.
Patin 1995
Patin, Sylvie. Cézanne. Paris: Editions Hazan, 1995, p. 82.
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. 943, ill. vol. 2, as Portrait de paysan .
Machotka 2008
Machotka, Pavel. Cézanne: The Eye and the Mind, 2 vols. Marseille: Editions Crès, 2008, vol. 1, fig. 378; vol. 2, p. 239, as Portrait de paysan .
The Metropolitan Museum of Art 2009
The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Masterpieces of Impressionism and Post-Impressionism: The Annenberg Collection - New Edition. Stein, Susan Alyson and Asher Ethan Miller. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art; New Haven: Yale University Press, 2009, fig. 119, ill. p. 161.
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Record last updated June 28, 2023. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Portrait de paysan, 1904–06 (FWN 542)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=916 (accessed on April 20, 2024).