Françoise Cachin Books

The Musee D'Orsay in Paris, formerly a grand train station, houses one of the world's finest collections of 19th-century art. Opened as a museum in 1986, its constant flow of traffic is a testament to a worldwide love affair with impressionist art. While the museum contains an extensive collection of drawings, sculpture, decorative arts, architecture, and photography from 1848-1914, its true pride is its collection of paintings. Flip through pages of work by some of history's most celebrated artists: Ingres, Delacroix, Manet, Degas, Renoir, Monet, Cézanne, Rodin, Van Gogh, Gauguin, and Toulouse-Lautrec. While the bulk of the 240 color illustrations are devoted to paintings, a fine selection of the museum's entire collection is reproduced here. “ 300 colour illustrations

The works of Gaugin, and the story of his bohemian exploits.

This catalogue offers an exploration of Cezanne's work. It includes entries on nearly 230 paintings, watercolours and drawings. These works are all reproduced in colour and are accompanied by informative commentaries. It also traces the artist's stylistic evolution.

Hundreds of paintings are reproduced in a guide to the Paris museum and accompanied by essays by a renowned art historian on Realism, Impressionism, Symbolism, and many other topics

Avec la reproduction d'oeuvres de Félix Vallotton (p. 25, 138, 220-221) et Gustave Courbet (p. 20, 23, 31, 180-181, 189, 218)

Tant pour le texte que pour l'illustration et la mise en pages, un régal pour l'oeil et l'esprit.