Musée d. Orsay Books

Famous across Europe and America, recipient of the highest possible honours in Germany including the order of the Black Eagle and elevation to nobility, admired by Degas as 'the greatest living master', Adolph Menzel was perhaps the greatest German painter of the late nineteenth century. In this splendidly illustrated book - the only comprehensive volume on Menzel in English - photographs of the artist and contemporary Berlin accompany reproductions of hundreds of his paintings and drawings. Menzel specialists and art historians contribute chapters on his life and art, his visits to France, his critical reception, relevant social and historical background, and different approaches to his work.Until recently, Menzel's many paintings and drawings were separated from one another in collections on either side of the Berlin Wall. Now, in the wake of reunification, the Berlin Museums have put together the most extensive Menzel exhibit since the retrospective that followed his death in 1905. This book is the catalogue for the exhibit that had its debut at the Musee D'Orsay in Paris (April 15 to July 28), travels to the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. (September 15, 1996 to January 5, 1997) and returns to Nationalgalerie in Berlin (February 7 to May 11, 1997).

Great Museums special Issue - Orsay

The Musee d'Orsay houses one of the largest collections of Impressionist paintings in the world. Following the same path as the visitor, this book introduces you to 100 Impressionist master-pieces and traces the history of a movement that revolutionized the history of art.Beginning with the birth of the movement in 1863, until the term 'Impressionism' was first coined in 1874 - almost haphazardly - relation to a painting by Monet, the author traces the artistic milieu from which the movement emerged and the background to the lives of the painters involved. Then followed the glorious years until 1886, during which eight exhibitions were held to assert the ideas and aims of Impressionism. After this date, the group gradually dispersed; each artist, pursuing his own personal and often solitary research was driven, as Monet described it, by 'the obsession to carry on painting and making progress until the end'. The works are grouped by theme and some are accompanied by a commentary giving particular insight into these artists, who, at the end of the 19th century, rejected the academic style in favor of a subtle play of light. This volume will provide a fascinating account of Impressionism.

Catalogue officiel de l’exposition Picasso bleu et rose au musée d’Orsay du 18 septembre 2018 au 6 janvier 2019.Le musée d'Orsay et le musée national Picasso-Paris organisent une manifestation exceptionnelle consacrée aux périodes bleue et rose de Pablo Picasso.Pour la toute première fois en France , cette période essentielle de la carrière de l'artiste est traitée dans son ensemble.Cet ouvrage propose une lecture renouvelée des années 1900 - 1906 de Picasso, en réunissant des chefs d'œuvres, pour certains jamais présentés en France, ainsi qu'un ensembleimportant de peintures, de dessins, et la totalité de la production sculptée et gravée de l'artiste.La présentation de cette exposition au musée d'Orsay manifeste la volonté d'inscrire le jeune Picasso dans son époque. Ses différentes productions sont ainsi remises en contexte avec le travail de ses contemporains ou prédécesseurs, espagnols et français (Casas, Nonell, Casagemas, Steinlen, Degas, Toulouse-Lautrec ou Gauguin).Cette exposition sera ensuite présentée à la Fondation Beyeler à Bâle du 3 février au 26 mai 2019.

Présente l'ensemble des arts russes (peinture, sculpture, arts décoratifs, arts graphiques, architecture et photographie) de la seconde moitié du XIXe siècle à la fin du régime tsariste en 1917

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Principaux projets de l'artiste pour la presse satirique, ses illustrations pour des livres et ouvrages de bibliophilie, ses dessins symbolistes, qui montrent l'évolution de son oeuvre vers un art non figuratif