Artist Monograph

Paul Cézanne, French

French, 1839–1906

Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Oil Painting	9	37.5%
Lithography	6	25%
Watercolor	6	25%
Etching	2	8.3%
Drawing	1	4.2%

Department Distribution

Department	Works	Share
Drawings & Prints	15	62.5%
Painting & Sculpture	9	37.5%

Production by Decade

1870s

1880s

1890s

1900s

1910s

Classification Types

Painting — 9
Print — 7
Drawing — 7
Illustrated Book — 1

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	5	20.8%
Medium (30–100 cm)	18	75%
Large (1–3 m)	1	4.2%

Range: 13.3 cm → 127.0 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1934	10
1940	2
1949	1
1954	2
1955	1
1957	1
1959	1
1962	1
1980	1
1991	1
1998	1
2013	1
2020	1

Currently On View

"MoMA, Floor 5, 501" — 3

Highlighted Works

1885–86 Trees and Houses Near the Jas de Bouffan Oil on canvas
1888–90 Madame Cézanne (Hortense Fiquet, 1850–1922) in a Red Dress Oil on canvas
1890–92 The Card Players Oil on canvas
ca. 1890 Still Life with Apples and a Pot of Primroses Oil on canvas

Recurring Subjects & Themes

Landscapes · 11
Men · 10
Still Life · 8
Portraits · 8
Bathing · 6
Trees · 6
Apples · 5
Mountains · 4
Houses · 3
Women · 3
Bridges · 2
Human Figures · 2
Gardens · 2
Male Nudes · 2
Towns · 2
Gates · 1
Pomegranates · 1
Female Nudes · 1
Playing Cards · 1
Smoking · 1

French Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 24 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Portrait of Guillaumin with a Hanging Man Print Acc. 3.2020	1873	Etching and drypoint	plate: 6 5/16 × 4 11/16" (16 × 11.9 cm); sheet: 9 15/16 × 6 7/16" (25.2 × 16.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Anonymous gift
L'Estaque Painting Acc. 716.1959	1879-83	Oil on canvas	31 1/2 x 39" (80.3 x 99.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	The William S. Paley Collection
Still Life with Fruit Dish Painting Acc. 69.1991	1879-80	Oil on canvas	18 1/4 x 21 1/2" (46.4 x 54.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Mr. and Mrs. David Rockefeller
Bathers Drawing Acc. 2.1934	c. 1885-1890	Watercolor and pencil on paper	5 x 8 1/8" (12.7 x 20.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Lillie P. Bliss Collection
The Bather Painting Acc. 1.1934	c. 1885	Oil on canvas	50 x 38 1/8" (127 x 96.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Lillie P. Bliss Collection
The Bridge at Gardanne (recto); View of Gardanne (verso) Drawing Acc. 6.1934.a-b	1885–86	Watercolor and pencil on paper (recto); Pencil on paper (verso)	8 1/8 x 12 1/4" (20.6 x 31.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Lillie P. Bliss Collection
Boy in a Red Vest Painting Acc. 190.1955	1888-90	Oil on canvas	32 x 25 5/8" (81.2 x 65 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Mr. and Mrs. David Rockefeller. Conservation was made possible by the Bank of America Art Conservation Project.
Mercury after Pigalle Drawing Acc. 463.1980	c. 1890	Pencil on paper	15 x 11" (38.1 x 27.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Joan and Lester Avnet Fund
Foliage (recto); Study of Trees (verso) Drawing Acc. 9.1934.a-b	1895	Watercolor and pencil on paper (recto and verso)	17 5/8 x 22 3/8" (44.8 x 56.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Lillie P. Bliss Collection
Rocks Near the Caves above Château Noir Drawing Acc. 21.1934	1895–1900	Watercolor and pencil on paper	12 1/2 x 18 3/4" (31.7 x 47.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Lillie P. Bliss Collection
Still Life with Apples Painting Acc. 22.1934	1895-98	Oil on canvas	27 x 36 1/2" (68.6 x 92.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Lillie P. Bliss Collection
The Bathers, large plate (Les baigneurs, grand planche) Print Acc. 4.1934	1896-97	Lithograph	composition: 16 3/4 x 20 1/4" (42.6 x 51.5 cm); sheet: 19 x 24 13/16" (48.3 x 63 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Lillie P. Bliss Collection
Pines and Rocks (Fontainebleau?) Painting Acc. 16.1934	c. 1897	Oil on canvas	32 x 25 3/4" (81.3 x 65.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Lillie P. Bliss Collection
The Bathers, small plate (Les baigneurs, petit planche) Print Acc. 269.1940	1897	Lithograph	composition: 9 1/4 x 11 7/16" (23.5 x 29 cm); sheet: 11 9/16 x 14 3/16" (29.4 x 36 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller
Four Bathers Print Acc. 104.1949	1898	Lithograph	composition: 7 5/8 x 8 3/8" (19.3 x 21.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Portrait of Cézanne Print Acc. 270.1940	c. 1898–1900	Lithograph	composition: 12 11/16 x 10 15/16" (32.3 x 27.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller
Turning Road at Montgeroult Painting Acc. 586.1998	1898	Oil on canvas	32 x 25 7/8" (81.3 x 65.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Mrs. John Hay Whitney Bequest
The Bathers, large plate (Les baigneurs, grand planche) Print Acc. 548.1953	1899	Lithograph	composition: 16 1/4 x 19 15/16" (41.3 x 50.6 cm); sheet: 18 3/4 x 24 11/16" (47.7 x 62.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller (by exchange)
House Among Trees Drawing Acc. 15.1934	c. 1900	Watercolor and pencil on paper	11 x 17 1/8" (27.9 x 43.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Lillie P. Bliss Collection
Mont Sainte-Victoire Drawing Acc. 114.1962	1902–06	Watercolor and pencil on paper	16 3/4 x 21 3/8" (42.5 x 54.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mr. and Mrs. David Rockefeller
Still Life with Ginger Jar, Sugar Bowl, and Oranges Painting Acc. 18.1934	1902-06	Oil on canvas	23 7/8 x 28 7/8" (60.6 x 73.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Lillie P. Bliss Collection
Château Noir Painting Acc. 137.1957	1903-04	Oil on canvas	29 x 36 3/4" (73.6 x 93.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Mrs. David M. Levy
Déjeuner sur l'herbe Print Acc. 8.1934	c. 1914	Lithograph on paper on board	composition: 12 7/8 × 14 3/4" (32.7 × 37.5 cm); sheet: 14 1/16 × 18 1/16" (35.7 × 45.8 cm); board: 14 15/16 × 19 9/16" (37.9 × 49.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Lillie P. Bliss Collection
Landscape at Auvers, plate I (frontispiece) from Cézanne Illustrated Book Acc. 547.1953.1	Published 1914	Etching	plate: 5 1/4 x 4 5/16" (13.3 x 11 cm); sheet: 14 9/16 x 11 1/16" (37 x 28.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase

The Met (CC0 Open Access) — 37 records

Title / Object	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Rights
Antoine Dominique Sauveur Aubert (born 1817), the Artist's Uncle Painting Wikidata	1866	Oil on canvas	31 3/8 x 25 1/4 in. (79.7 x 64.1 cm)	European Paintings Gallery 826 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY	Public domain (CC0) ULAN Artist Wikidata
Antoine Dominique Sauveur Aubert (born 1817), the Artist's Uncle, as a Monk Painting Wikidata	1866	Oil on canvas	25 5/8 x 21 1/2 in. (65.1 x 54.6 cm)	European Paintings Gallery 823 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY	Public domain (CC0) ULAN Artist Wikidata
Gustave Boyer (b. 1840) in a Straw Hat Painting Wikidata	1870–71	Oil on paper, laid down on canvas	21 5/8 x 15 1/4 in. (54.9 x 38.7 cm)	European Paintings Gallery 826 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY	Public domain (CC0) ULAN Artist Wikidata
Portrait of Guillaumin with a Hanging Man Print	1873	Etching and drypoint; second state of two (restrike)	Sheet: 9 13/16 × 6 3/8 in. (25 × 16.2 cm)	Drawings and Prints Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY	Public domain (CC0) ULAN Artist Wikidata
Bathers Painting Wikidata	1874–75	Oil on canvas	15 x 18 1/8 in. (38.1 x 46 cm)	European Paintings Gallery 826 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY	Public domain (CC0) ULAN Artist Wikidata
Dish of Apples Painting Wikidata	ca. 1876–77	Oil on canvas	18 1/8 x 21 3/4 in. (46 x 55.2 cm)	European Paintings Gallery 823 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY	Public domain (CC0) ULAN Artist Wikidata
Apples Painting Wikidata	1878–79	Oil on canvas	9 x 13 in. (22.9 x 33 cm)	European Paintings Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY	Public domain (CC0) ULAN Artist Wikidata
Entrance to a Garden Drawing	1878–1880	Watercolor over graphite	Sheet: 18 13/16 x 12 5/16 in. (47.8 x 31.2cm)	Drawings and Prints Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY	Public domain (CC0) ULAN Artist Wikidata
In the Oise Valley Drawing	1878–80	Graphite, gouache, and watercolor	12 3/4 x 19 11/16 in. (32.4 x 50 cm)	Drawings and Prints Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY	Public domain (CC0) ULAN Artist Wikidata
The Fishermen (Fantastic Scene) Painting Wikidata	ca. 1875	Oil on canvas	21 3/4 x 32 1/4 in. (55.2 x 81.9 cm)	European Paintings Gallery 826 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY	Public domain (CC0) ULAN Artist Wikidata
Still Life with Jar, Cup, and Apples Painting Wikidata	ca. 1877	Oil on canvas	23 7/8 x 29 in. (60.6 x 73.7 cm)	European Paintings Gallery 826 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY	Public domain (CC0) ULAN Artist Wikidata
Mont Sainte-Victoire and the Viaduct of the Arc River Valley Painting Wikidata	1882–85	Oil on canvas	25 3/4 x 32 1/8 in. (65.4 x 81.6 cm)	European Paintings Gallery 826 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY	Public domain (CC0) ULAN Artist Wikidata
Gardanne Painting Wikidata	1885–86	Oil on canvas	31 1/2 x 25 1/4 in. (80 x 64.1 cm)	European Paintings Gallery 826 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY	Public domain (CC0) ULAN Artist Wikidata
The Pool at Jas de Bouffan Painting Wikidata	ca. 1885–86	Oil on canvas	25 1/2 x 31 7/8 in. (64.8 x 81 cm)	European Paintings Gallery 826 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY	Public domain (CC0) ULAN Artist Wikidata
Trees and Houses Near the Jas de Bouffan Painting Wikidata	1885–86	Oil on canvas	26 3/4 x 36 1/4 in. (67.9 x 92.1 cm)	Robert Lehman Collection Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY	Public domain (CC0) ULAN Artist Wikidata
View of the Domaine Saint-Joseph Painting Wikidata	late 1880s	Oil on canvas	25 5/8 x 32 in. (65.1 x 81.3 cm)	European Paintings Gallery 826 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY	Public domain (CC0) ULAN Artist Wikidata
Madame Cézanne (Hortense Fiquet, 1850–1922) in a Red Dress Painting Wikidata	1888–90	Oil on canvas	45 7/8 × 35 1/4 in. (116.5 × 89.5 cm)	European Paintings Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY	Public domain (CC0) ULAN Artist Wikidata
Studies of a tree (recto and verso) Drawing	1887–90	Graphite with green, blue and yellow washes (recto); graphite with green, blue and purple washes (verso)	Sheet: 19 3/4 x 13 3/4 in. (50.2 x 34.9 cm)	Drawings and Prints Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY	Public domain (CC0) ULAN Artist Wikidata
The Gulf of Marseilles Seen from L'Estaque Painting Wikidata	ca. 1885	Oil on canvas	28 3/4 x 39 1/2 in. (73 x 100.3 cm)	European Paintings Gallery 826 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY	Public domain (CC0) ULAN Artist Wikidata
Madame Cézanne (Hortense Fiquet, 1850–1922) in the Conservatory Painting Wikidata	1891	Oil on canvas	36 1/4 x 28 3/4 in. (92.1 x 73 cm)	European Paintings Gallery 826 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY	Public domain (CC0) ULAN Artist Wikidata
Still Life with Apples and Pears Painting Wikidata	ca. 1891–92	Oil on canvas	17 5/8 x 23 1/8 in. (44.8 x 58.7 cm)	European Paintings Gallery 826 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY	Public domain (CC0) ULAN Artist Wikidata
The Card Players Painting Wikidata	1890–92	Oil on canvas	25 3/4 x 32 1/4 in. (65.4 x 81.9 cm)	European Paintings Gallery 826 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY	Public domain (CC0) ULAN Artist Wikidata
Still Life with a Ginger Jar and Eggplants Painting Wikidata	1893–94	Oil on canvas	28 1/2 x 36 in. (72.4 x 91.4 cm)	European Paintings Gallery 826 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY	Public domain (CC0) ULAN Artist Wikidata
The House with the Cracked Walls Painting Wikidata	1892–94	Oil on canvas	31 1/2 x 25 1/4 in. (80 x 64.1 cm)	European Paintings Gallery 823 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY	Public domain (CC0) ULAN Artist Wikidata
Still Life with Apples and a Pot of Primroses Painting Wikidata	ca. 1890	Oil on canvas	28 3/4 x 36 3/8 in. (73 x 92.4 cm)	European Paintings Gallery 826 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY	Public domain (CC0) ULAN Artist Wikidata
Seated Peasant Painting Wikidata	ca. 1892–96	Oil on canvas	21 1/2 x 17 3/4 in. (54.6 x 45.1 cm)	European Paintings Gallery 823 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY	Public domain (CC0) ULAN Artist Wikidata
Exhibition Catalogue Cover for a Cézanne show at the Galerie Vollard (May 9–June 10, 1898) Print	1898	Relief print	Sheet: 8 3/4 × 9 1/2 in. (22.3 × 24.2 cm)	Drawings and Prints Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY	Public domain (CC0) ULAN Artist Wikidata
The Large Bathers (Les Baigneurs) Print	1898	Color lithograph	sheet: 19 1/16 x 24 13/16 in. (48.4 x 63.1 cm)	Drawings and Prints Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY	Public domain (CC0) ULAN Artist Wikidata
Rocks at Fontainebleau Painting Wikidata	1890s	Oil on canvas	28 7/8 x 36 3/8 in. (73.3 x 92.4 cm)	European Paintings Gallery 826 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY	Public domain (CC0) ULAN Artist Wikidata
Bathers (recto); Landscape (verso) Drawing	ca. 1888 (recto); n.d. (verso)	Watercolor and graphite on wove paper	sheet: 4 15/16 x 8 1/8 in. (12.6 x 20.6 cm)	Drawings and Prints Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY	Public domain (CC0) ULAN Artist Wikidata
Bathers (recto); Still Life (verso) Drawing	ca. 1890 (recto) – 1900 (verso)	Watercolor over graphite (recto); watercolor (verso)	Sheet: 8 5/16 x 10 11/16 in. (21.1 x 27.2cm)	Drawings and Prints Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY	Public domain (CC0) ULAN Artist Wikidata
The Large Bathers (Les Baigneurs) Print	ca. 1898	Color lithograph on wove paper; first state of two	sheet: 19 1/8 x 24 15/16 in. (48.6 x 63.3 cm)	Drawings and Prints Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY	Public domain (CC0) ULAN Artist Wikidata
Bathers Under a Bridge (recto); Study after Houdon's Ecorché (verso) Drawing	1894–98 (verso); 1900–06 (recto)	Watercolor over graphite (recto); graphite (verso)	Sheet: 8 1/4 x 10 11/16 in. (21 x 27.2cm)	Drawings and Prints Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY	Public domain (CC0) ULAN Artist Wikidata
Landscape (recto); Sketch of rocks(?) (verso) Drawing	n.d.	Watercolor over black chalk (recto); black chalk and blue wash (verso)	18 5/8 x 12 5/16 in. (47.3 x 31.3cm)	Drawings and Prints Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY	Public domain (CC0) ULAN Artist Wikidata
Mont Sainte-Victoire Painting Wikidata	ca. 1902–6	Oil on canvas	22 1/2 x 38 1/4 in. (57.2 x 97.2 cm)	European Paintings Gallery 823 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY	Public domain (CC0) ULAN Artist Wikidata
Portrait of the Artist (recto); Fragment of a Landscape Study (verso) Drawing	n.d.	Graphite	Sheet: 13 7/16 x 11 3/16 in. (34.1 x 28.4cm)	Drawings and Prints Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY	Public domain (CC0) ULAN Artist Wikidata
Still-Life with a Watermelon and Pomegranates Drawing	1900–1906	Watercolor over graphite on laid paper	sheet: 12 3/8 x 19 3/16 in. (31.4 x 48.8 cm)	Drawings and Prints Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY	Public domain (CC0) ULAN Artist Wikidata