Dormeuse nue dans la clairière

1905

First solo exhibition at the Galerie Druet

The Galerie Druet in Paris shows thirty paintings and thirty watercolors by Cross. The success is complete: the critics praise it, most of the works are sold, and the catalogue preface is written by the Belgian Symbolist poet Emile Verhaeren.

1907

Retrospective at the Galerie Bernheim-Jeune

Félix Fénéon assembles a Cross retrospective in Paris at the Galerie Bernheim-Jeune; Maurice Denis contributes the catalogue preface. His last years bring productive work, acclaim from the critics and commercial success.

1908

Second trip to Italy

He travels to Italy again — the second and last of his two trips beyond Provence, apart from the Paris exhibitions.

1909 – January 1910

Cancer: a Paris hospital and the return to Saint-Clair

In 1909 Cross is treated for cancer in a Paris hospital; in January 1910 he returns to Saint-Clair, where he stays until the end of his life.