Nineteenth-century French paintings in the Ashmolean Museum / Jon Whiteley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Whiteley, Jon, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Painting, French--19th century--Catalogs.

Painting, French.

Ashmolean Museum--Catalogs.

Ashmolean Museum.

Genre:

Catalogs.

Physical Description:

368 pages : illustrations (colour), portraits ; 30 cm

Distribution:

New Haven : Yale University Press

Place of Publication:

London : Modern Art Press, 2022.

Summary:

The only complete catalogue of French paintings of the period in the Ashmolean Museum, this comprehensive and scholarly study explores their rich collection of nineteenth-century French art. Continuing a convention set by earlier Ashmolean catalogues that mirrors the concept of the long nineteenth century, the book defines nineteenth-century French artists as those born between 1775 and 1875. Stretching into the twentieth century, it covers a fascinating range of paintings including works by Louis-Leopold Boilly, Camille, Lucien, and Félix Pissarro, Henri Fantin-Latour, Edouard Manet, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Paul Cézanne, Claude Monet, and Henri Matisse.0The catalogue was compiled by the late distinguished art historian Jon Whiteley. In each entry, Whiteley draws upon his encyclopaedic knowledge of French art and the Ashmolean holdings. Provenance, literature, and exhibition history are recorded as well as extensive technical notes and information on frames. The entries on each work are accompanied by new, high-quality photography and comparative images, resulting in a complete and thorough documentation of this important part of the Ashmolean collection of Western art, providing an informative contribution to existing scholarship.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781916347427

1916347428

OCLC:

1338662199