Impressionist Treasures: The Ordrupgaard Collection

by Paul Lang

A spectacular overview of French painting from Delacroix to Cézanne, along with superb Danish Golden Age paintings of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, are presented in this lavish volume, which accompanies a major exhibition at the National Gallery of Canada. The works, which are from the collection of the Ordrupgaard Museum near Copenhagen, showcase various stages in the careers of painters such as Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, Gustave Courbet, Camille Pissarro, Claude Monet, Alfred Sisley, Paul Gauguin, C.W. Eckersberg, and Vilhelm Hammershøi. While French impressionist, postimpressionist, and Danish works are the book’s focus, other—often contradictory—art movements of 19th-century France, including the Barbizon School and realism, are also well represented, and all the paintings are fully described and illustrated.
 

144 pages, Hardcover

Published February 28, 2019

Reviews

[Patrick Martel · Rating 4 out of 5]

Lecture incontournable après la visite de l'exposition ''Trésors impressionnistes, La collection Ordrupgaard'' au Musée des beaux-arts d'Ottawa.

Coup de foudre pour le travail de Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot, (1796-1875) et découverte du peintre Danois Vilhelm Hammershøi (1864-1916).

Beau livre de références et nice coffee table book.

[Hugh Coverly · Rating 5 out of 5]

A beautiful little book about a collection I saw at the Museum and bought the book, but had not looked at since. Recently pulled the book off its shelf and had a informative day reading the text and reviewing the pictures.