L'impressionnisme au musée d'Orsay : Chefs-d'oeuvre - Thèmes - Dates clés

The Musée d’Orsay in Paris houses the world’s most extensive collection of Impressionist art. Owned by the French State, it is entrusted to this national museum, which exhibits art from the period 1848–1914 and holds works by artists born after 1820 and who died before 1880 – covering the period between that represented by the Louvre and that of the Musée National d’Art Moderne.

Bringing together more than 250 works (paintings, pastels, drawings, watercolours, sculptures and photographs), this publication is the first to present the collection in all its variety. The movement’s leading figures (Paul Cézanne, Edgar Degas, Édouard Manet, Claude Monet, Berthe Morisot, Camille Pissarro, Auguste Renoir, Alfred Sisley) appear alongside lesser-known artists (Marie Bracquemond, Mary Cassatt, Armand Guillaumin). It offers a multifaceted and fresh perspective on one of the most famous movements in art history. Throughout the pages, key dates, in-depth analyses of masterpieces and major themes provide a better understanding of its history and the main issues surrounding this new way of painting and seeing the world.