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Tall Trees at the Jas de Bouffan

Maker

(Artists)
1839-1906

Title

Tall Trees at the Jas de Bouffan

Date of Production

c. 1883

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

Height: 65 cm (canvas)
Width: 81 cm (canvas)

Accession Number

P.1948.SC.54

Mode of Acquisition

Samuel Courtauld, bequest, 1948

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

Keywords



Label Text

The Jas de Bouffan was a rural estate just outside Aix-en-Provence owned by Paul Cézanne’s father. The artist painted many views of the house, grounds and farmworkers from 1866 until 1899, when the estate was sold.

This painting was executed with short, parallel brushstrokes, a technique Cézanne favoured in the 1880s. It creates a shimmering effect particularly well suited to this scene. The leaves of the tall trees seem to rustle in the breeze.

Provenance

Ambroise Vollard, Paris; Paul Rosenberg, Paris; purchased by Samuel Courtauld, May 1924; Courtauld Bequest, 1948

Exhibition History

Cezanne at Jas de Bouffan, Musée Granet, Aix-en-Provence, France, 28/06/2025-12/10/2025

Cezanne. Masterpieces from the Courtauld Gallery, KODE, Bergen, Norway, 16/07/2021-10/10/2021

Masterpieces of Impressionism from The Courtauld Gallery, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan, 10/09/2019-15/12/2019; Aichi Prefectural Museum, Nagoya, Japan, 03/01/2020-15/03/2020; Kobe City Museum, Kobe, Japan, 28/03/2020-21/06/2020 ...More

The Courtauld Collection. A Vision for Impressionism, Louis Vuitton Foundation, Paris, 20/02/2019-17/06/2019

Courtauld Impressionists: From Manet to Cezanne, National Gallery, London, 17/09/2018-20/01/2019

Wolken Welt des Flüchtigen, Leopold Museum, Vienna, 22/03/2013-01/07/2013

The Courtauld Cézannes, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 26/06/2008-05/10/2008

Cezanne in Provence, Musee Granet & Aix-en-Provence & France, 05/06/2006-15/10/2006

Part of general displays, Los Angeles & California & USA, 04/01/2005-27/04/2005

Into the 20th century - New Displays at the Courtauld, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 10/10/2002

The Courtauld Collection: Masterpieces of Impressionism and Post-Impressionism, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, 14/06/1998-21/09/1998

The Courtauld Collection, Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto, 26/12/1997-12/05/1998

Landscapes of France. Impressionism and its Rivals, London & England, 18/05/1995-28/08/1995

Landscape in French Art, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1949-1950 ...Less

Literature

The Courtauld Cézannes, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 2008

The Courtauld Collection: Masterpieces of Impressionism and Post-Impressionism, Art Gallery of Ontario, 1998

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