Painter · French
Attested lodger
Paul Cézanne
He stayed at the Hôtel Baudy in the autumn of 1894, at Monet’s invitation, and painted several views of the village there.
- Dates1839 — 1906
- NationalityFrench
- DisciplinePainter
- Place of birthAix-en-Provence, France
Biography
A French painter born and died in Aix-en-Provence, Paul Cézanne occupies a pivotal place between Impressionism and twentieth-century painting. He worked in Provence, the Île-de-France and Normandy over the course of his career.
Giverny
Cézanne came to Giverny in the autumn of 1894, at Claude Monet’s invitation. The chronology established by the Société Cezanne places the stay between 30 September and 28 November 1894; the house’s own synthesis gives “7 to 30 November”, a dating that could not be confirmed against a published source. During the stay he painted several views of the village. Tradition reports that on 28 November Monet gathered Auguste Rodin, Georges Clemenceau, Gustave Geffroy and Octave Mirbeau around him, and that Cézanne left abruptly, leaving unfinished canvases behind; these episodes have not been verified against documents.
Relation with the Hôtel Baudy
Entry 410 of the register reads: “M. Cezanne P., 57 ans, Aix, 7–30 novembre 1894”. Three weeks, in November. It is from this stay that the register itself draws its fame: Madame Baudy would later give it to an American collector, Alice Osborn, as proof that Cézanne had lodged with her.
Principal works
Key points
- 1839Born — Aix-en-Provence, France
- GivernyAutumn 1894
- 1906Died
Sources
- 01Société Cezanne, chronologie de Paul Cézanne, année 1894
- 02Philadelphia Museum of Art, notice d’œuvre « Winter Landscape, Giverny »
- 03Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Hotel Baudy guest register, 1887–1899 (microfilm 4236)
- 04Association Les Jardins Baudy des Peintres Américains, note de synthèse « Le Giverny Group et l’Hôtel Baudy »
- 05Hôtel Baudy guest register, “Registre pour inscrire les voyageurs”, Philadelphia Museum of Art; transcribed by Carol Lowrey in William H. Gerdts, Monet’s Giverny, Abbeville Press, 1993, pp. 222-227.
- 06Philadelphia Museum of Art, Library and Archives — “Hotel Baudy Collection” (1887–1922), Paul Cézanne’s stay and the provenance of the Osborn canvases
From the register
Under the same roof
The painters whose stay overlaps this one. The register establishes that they lodged in the house on the same days, and nothing more.
- Václav Radimský 24 days from November 7, 1894 to November 30, 1894
- Josephine Miles Lewis 4 days from November 7, 1894 to November 10, 1894
Around them
