Gauguin and the impressionists : the Ordrupgaard Collection / [essay by Anne-Birgitte Fonsmark and contributions Birgitte Anderberg, Thomas Lederballe, Anne Cathrine Wolsgaard Iversen].
Publisher:
Royal Academy of Arts,
Copyright Date:
2020
Description:
141 pages : chiefly illustrations (chiefly color) ; 23 x 26 cm
"First published on the occasion of the exhibition 'Gauguin and the impressionists: masterpieces from the Ordrupgard collection' Royal Academy of Arts, London 29 March - 14 June 2020"--Title page verso. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:
Masterpieces of nineteenth-century French painting from the Ordrupgaard Collection in Copenhagen are travelling to the Royal Academy of Arts in the spring of 2020. Drawn from the remarkable collection of the Danish insurance magnate and art lover Wilhelm Hansen, these works represent the very best of French Impressionism.0Having already built up an impressive collection of Scandinavian art, at the beginning of the First World War Hansen had ambitious plans to extend his collection to encompass French art. A burst of acquisitions from 1916 to 1918, during which he took advice from the influential Parisian art critic Theodore Duret, saw his collection grow to include works by Manet, Monet, Renoir, Cezanne, Sisley, Courbet, Morisot, Matisse, Pissarro and - forming a particular highlight of the collection - a group of significant paintings by Paul Gauguin.0With stunning reproductions of sixty works, the authors explore the history of the collection and provide detailed analysis of the works themselves.00Exhibition: Royal Academy of Arts, London, UK (29.03-14.06.2020).
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