François Depeaux. Collector of Impressionists.
In fine| N° d'inventaire | 22907 |
| Format | 25.5 x 30 |
| Détails | 336 p., hardcover. |
| Publication | Paris, 2020 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9782902302741 |
Throughout his life, François Depeaux (1853-1920) was passionate about Impressionism, collecting nearly six hundred works, including more than sixty Sisleys, twenty Monets, but also several works by Renoir, Toulouse-Lautrec, Pissarro... A Rouen entrepreneur and philanthropist, he wrote some of the most beautiful pages in the history of the city and the entry of the Depeaux donation into the Rouen Museum of Fine Arts in 1909 was a considerable event for Impressionism. This catalog, with its critical essays and more than four hundred and fifty illustrations, allows us to enter the private life of an extraordinary personality, and to measure the extent of a collection, probably one of the richest of its time, today dispersed in museums around the world.
Throughout his life, François Depeaux (1853-1920) was passionate about Impressionism, collecting nearly six hundred works, including more than sixty Sisleys, twenty Monets, but also several works by Renoir, Toulouse-Lautrec, Pissarro... A Rouen entrepreneur and philanthropist, he wrote some of the most beautiful pages in the history of the city and the entry of the Depeaux donation into the Rouen Museum of Fine Arts in 1909 was a considerable event for Impressionism. This catalog, with its critical essays and more than four hundred and fifty illustrations, allows us to enter the private life of an extraordinary personality, and to measure the extent of a collection, probably one of the richest of its time, today dispersed in museums around the world.