Landscape near Paris

c. 1876

Paul Cezanne

Artist, French, 1839 - 1906

Across a grassy field, a row of buildings and two trees line the horizon, which comes about halfway up this nearly square landscape painting. The field is painted with visible brushstrokes of sage, moss, and mint green as well as caramel brown, parchment white, and turquoise blue. The trees, to our left of center, are painted with dark green. The buildings have charcoal-gray or terracotta-red roofs with cream-white or slate-blue walls. The sky above is painted with dabs and strokes of ice and baby blue, with areas of pale peach and ivory white to suggest clouds.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    oil on canvas

  • Credit Line

    Chester Dale Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall: 50.2 x 60 cm (19 3/4 x 23 5/8 in.)
    framed: 70.5 x 81.3 cm (27 3/4 x 32 in.)

  • Accession

    1963.10.103

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Probably acquired from (Ambroise Vollard [1867-1939], Paris) by Egisto Fabbri [1866-1933], Florence, until at least 1920.[1] (Paul Rosenberg and Co., London, New York, and Paris); sold 14 November 1927 to Chester Dale [1883-1962], New York;[2] gift 1963 to NGA.
[1]See John Rewald, The Paintings of Paul Cézanne: a Catalogue Raisonn, New York, 1996, no. 496. [2]According to Chester Dale papers in NGA curatorial file.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1920

  • XII Esposizione Internatzionale d'Arte, Venice, 1920, no. 16

1928

  • Paul Cezanne, Wildenstein Galleries, New York, 1928, no. 10, as Environs d'Aix.

1965

  • The Chester Dale Bequest, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1965, unnumbered checklist.

2010

  • From Impressionism to Modernism: The Chester Dale Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, January 2010-January 2012, unnumbered catalogue, repro.

Bibliography

1929

  • Dale, Maud. Before Manet to Modigliani from the Chester Dale Collection. New York, 1929: no. 57, repro., as Landscape--Estaque.

1936

  • Venturi, Lionello. Cezanne, son art, son oeuvre. 2 vols. Paris, 1936.

1942

  • French Paintings from the Chester Dale Collection. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1942: 70, repro., as Landscape, Estaque.

1944

  • French Paintings from the Chester Dale Collection. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1944: 70, repro., as Landscape, Estaque.

1953

  • French Paintings from the Chester Dale Collection. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1953: 80, repro., as Landscape in Provence.

1957

  • Shapley, Fern Rusk. Comparisons in Art: A Companion to the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC. London, 1957 (reprinted 1959): pl. 53, as Landscape in Provence.

1963

  • Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. New York, 1963 (reprinted 1964 in French, German, and Spanish): 326, repro., as Landscape in Provence.

1965

  • Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century Paintings & Sculpture of the French School in the Chester Dale Collection. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 119, repro.

  • Summary Catalogue of European Paintings and Sculpture. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 25, as Landscape in Provence.

1968

  • National Gallery of Art. European Paintings and Sculpture, Illustrations. Washington, 1968: 18, repro., as Landscape in Provence.

1970

  • Orienti 1970, no.304.

1975

  • European Paintings: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1975: 60, repro.

1984

  • Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington. Rev. ed. New York, 1984: 507, no. 753, color repro.

1985

  • European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 80, repro.

1996

  • Rewald, John. The Paintings of Paul Cézanne: a catalogue raisonné. 2 vols. New York, 1996:no. 496, repro.

2007

  • Bardazzi, Francesco, ed. Cézanne in Florence: Two Collectors and the 1910 Exhibition of Impressionism. Exh. cat. Palazzo Strozzi, Florence. Milan, 2007: 262 fig. 19.

Wikidata ID

Q20188815

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