NEW YORK, NY.- The Paintings of Paul Cézanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné launched November 20, 2014 and, for the first time in history, allows free public access to full-color images of all known paintings by Cézanne. The website takes Cézanne scholarship in an exciting new direction by permitting updates to be made quickly and regularly. The online catalogue benefits students, scholars, curators, auction houses, and galleries as well as anyone who may want to learn about and see work by one of the most revered and influential painters of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The Paintings of Paul Cézanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné can be accessed at cezannecatalogue.com

Two of the authors, Jayne Warman and Walter Feilchenfeldt, worked with John Rewald on the 1996 print version of the catalogue raisonné, but it was co-author David Nash’s innovative idea four years ago to re-publish all the works with full-color images. The initial concept of producing a printed supplement with color images rapidly grew into the more ambitious project of updating and revising Rewald and putting the new research online.

Since the 1996 catalogue raisonné The Paintings of Paul Cézanne by John Rewald, a number of major exhibitions have examined Cézanne’s influence on the painters who knew and followed him; others have focused on the artist’s studios of the North and South; and new sites cézanniens have been identified. In addition, several important archives such as the Barnes Foundation have been made accessible to scholars in recent years.

The website is designed by panOpticon. It began as an extensive database and has evolved into a comprehensive online experience. Working closely with the authors, Roger Shepherd and Susannah Shepherd have created a visually stunning and fully integrated site with innovative features such as links between the works, the collections, the exhibitions and the published references; advanced filtering and search capabilities, including a powerful set of keywords in English and French; the capacity to see all the paintings in size relative to each other; as well as the ability for the user to see early exhibitions recreated virtually in color.

Future Plans
The online catalogue is a collaborative effort and the website contains a link for users to contact the authors directly. It is the hope of the authors that owners and scholars will share their insights and studies on Cézanne.

Additionally, the authors plan to add Cézanne's watercolors and drawings into the Paintings Catalogue, thus creating an online record of the artist's complete works.