Some of these books may be purchased from the online shop.
Books about the museum
Books about the museum
Painting. Musée d'Orsay
Guy Cogeval, direction, Stéphane Guégan
Musée d'Orsay / Skira Flammarion - 2011
Hard cover 298 x 250 cm - 336 p. - 300 ill.
ISBN: 978-2-081266667
English
€ 49 - available
Painting. Musée d'Orsay
Guy Cogeval, direction, Stéphane Guégan
Musée d'Orsay / Skira Flammarion - 2011
Hard cover 298 x 250 cm - 336 p. - 300 ill.
ISBN: 978-2-081266667
English
€ 49 - available
Books about the museum
Musée d'Orsay. 100 Impressionist Masterpieces
Laurence Madeline
The Musée d'Orsay houses today one of the most important collections of Impressionist paintings in the world. Following the steps of the visitor, this book presents a hundred of its masterpieces and tells the story of a prestigious movement that revolutionised art history.
Musée d'Orsay, Scala - 2010
soft cover - 144 p. - 101 ill.
ISBN: 978-2-35988-012-0
English
€ 14 - available
Musée d'Orsay. 100 Impressionist Masterpieces
Laurence Madeline
The Musée d'Orsay houses today one of the most important collections of Impressionist paintings in the world. Following the steps of the visitor, this book presents a hundred of its masterpieces and tells the story of a prestigious movement that revolutionised art history.
Musée d'Orsay, Scala - 2010
soft cover - 144 p. - 101 ill.
ISBN: 978-2-35988-012-0
English
€ 14 - available
Books about the museum
The Orsay Station
Gilles Plum
History of the Orsay station in paris, from the initial project to the transformation of the building into a museum. Many illustrations.
Musée d'Orsay / Nicolas Chaudun - 2007
hard cover, 22.5 x 22.5 cm - 120 p. - 100 ill.
ISBN: 978-2-35039-036-9
Bilingual French and English
€ 29 - available
The Orsay Station
Gilles Plum
History of the Orsay station in paris, from the initial project to the transformation of the building into a museum. Many illustrations.
Musée d'Orsay / Nicolas Chaudun - 2007
hard cover, 22.5 x 22.5 cm - 120 p. - 100 ill.
ISBN: 978-2-35039-036-9
Bilingual French and English
€ 29 - available
Books about the museum
Seeing the Musée d'Orsay
Collectif, Serge Lemoine, direction
The Musée d'Orsay scientific team, under the supervision of Serge Lemoine, has endeavoured to retrace the history of the museum and its collections, all disciplines taken into account.
The chronological approach, the focus on the major artists of the museum, the quality of the iconography allow readers to discover the wealth of the collections and to understand the major issues of this eventful period.
Resulting from close collaboration between the Musée d'Orsay staff and the magazine L'Oeil, this book offer readers a clear and accessible synthesis as a complement to a visit to the Musée d'Orsay and a way to prepare a future visit.
Musée d'Orsay / l'Œil - 2004
soft cover - 114 p. - 140 ill.
ISBN : 2-91479-04-6
English
€ 10 - available
Seeing the Musée d'Orsay
Collectif, Serge Lemoine, direction
The Musée d'Orsay scientific team, under the supervision of Serge Lemoine, has endeavoured to retrace the history of the museum and its collections, all disciplines taken into account.
The chronological approach, the focus on the major artists of the museum, the quality of the iconography allow readers to discover the wealth of the collections and to understand the major issues of this eventful period.
Resulting from close collaboration between the Musée d'Orsay staff and the magazine L'Oeil, this book offer readers a clear and accessible synthesis as a complement to a visit to the Musée d'Orsay and a way to prepare a future visit.
Musée d'Orsay / l'Œil - 2004
soft cover - 114 p. - 140 ill.
ISBN : 2-91479-04-6
English
€ 10 - available
Books about the museum
Guide to the Musée d'Orsay
Caroline Mathieu
Following some general information, a short history of the railway station and a presentation of the position of the museum, all the rooms of the Musée d'Orsay are reviewed and the order of the visit is explained as intended by the curators, by means of a continuous text illustrated by reproductions of pieces of the collections.
Réunion des musées nationaux - 2004
soft cover - 270 p. - 387 ill.
English
€ 14.50 - available
Guide to the Musée d'Orsay
Caroline Mathieu
Following some general information, a short history of the railway station and a presentation of the position of the museum, all the rooms of the Musée d'Orsay are reviewed and the order of the visit is explained as intended by the curators, by means of a continuous text illustrated by reproductions of pieces of the collections.
Réunion des musées nationaux - 2004
soft cover - 270 p. - 387 ill.
English
€ 14.50 - available
Books about the museum
Painting in the Musée d'Orsay
Collectif, Serge Lemoine, direction
With reproductions and commentaries of close to 800 masterpieces that testify to the different stages in the development of arts during the period ranging from 1840 to 1914 in several countries, this book offers an exceptional overview of one of the most famous museums in the world.
Musée d'Orsay / La Martinière - 2004
hard cover, 24.5 x 29.5 cm - 767 p. - 762 ill.
ISBN : 2-7324-3086-2
Français
€ 60 - available
Painting in the Musée d'Orsay
Collectif, Serge Lemoine, direction
With reproductions and commentaries of close to 800 masterpieces that testify to the different stages in the development of arts during the period ranging from 1840 to 1914 in several countries, this book offers an exceptional overview of one of the most famous museums in the world.
Musée d'Orsay / La Martinière - 2004
hard cover, 24.5 x 29.5 cm - 767 p. - 762 ill.
ISBN : 2-7324-3086-2
Français
€ 60 - available
Books about the museum
Impressionist and Post-Impressionist Masterpieces
Collectif
This album presents, with full-page reproductions accompanied by commentaries, the most important and representative paintings by twenty three artists around Manet, Degas, Monet, Renoir, Gauguin, Toulouse-Lautrec, Cézanne, Seurat or Matisse.
Thames & Hudson - 1995
200 p. -
English
out of print
Impressionist and Post-Impressionist Masterpieces
Collectif
This album presents, with full-page reproductions accompanied by commentaries, the most important and representative paintings by twenty three artists around Manet, Degas, Monet, Renoir, Gauguin, Toulouse-Lautrec, Cézanne, Seurat or Matisse.
Thames & Hudson - 1995
200 p. -
English
out of print
Books about the museum
Your Visit to Orsay
Valérie Mettais
This album for visitors of the museum presents the different departments of the museum through 150 key works reproduced in detail and accompanied by a brief text.
ArtLys
soft cover - 192 p. -
English
€ 15 - available
Your Visit to Orsay
Valérie Mettais
This album for visitors of the museum presents the different departments of the museum through 150 key works reproduced in detail and accompanied by a brief text.
ArtLys
soft cover - 192 p. -
English
€ 15 - available
Books about the museum
Orsay. Decorative Arts
Philippe Thiébaut
Scala
soft cover - 128 p. -
English
€ 18.50 - available
Orsay. Decorative Arts
Philippe Thiébaut
Scala
soft cover - 128 p. -
English
€ 18.50 - available
Books about the museum
Sculpture in the Musée d'Orsay
Anne Pingeot
From realism to primitivism, sculpture in the Musée d'Orsay presented by the chief curator of its collections, Anne Pingeot.
Scala
soft cover - 128 p. - 170 ill.
English
€ 18.50 - available
Sculpture in the Musée d'Orsay
Anne Pingeot
From realism to primitivism, sculpture in the Musée d'Orsay presented by the chief curator of its collections, Anne Pingeot.
Scala
soft cover - 128 p. - 170 ill.
English
€ 18.50 - available
Books about the museum
Orsay. Photography
Françoise Heilbrun, Quentin Bajac
The photographic collections of the Musée d'Orsay include about 45 000 pieces, ranging from 1839 to 1918. Although French creation holds a priviledged place, foreign photography is magnificiently represented by masterpieces made in Britain and the United States. The entire history of photography is covered by this comprehensive and richly illustrated book that presents the wide span of the Musée d'Orsay photographic collections.
Scala
broché - 128 p. - 147 ill.
English
€ 18.30 - available
Orsay. Photography
Françoise Heilbrun, Quentin Bajac
The photographic collections of the Musée d'Orsay include about 45 000 pieces, ranging from 1839 to 1918. Although French creation holds a priviledged place, foreign photography is magnificiently represented by masterpieces made in Britain and the United States. The entire history of photography is covered by this comprehensive and richly illustrated book that presents the wide span of the Musée d'Orsay photographic collections.
Scala
broché - 128 p. - 147 ill.
English
€ 18.30 - available
Books about the museum
Painting in the Musée d'Orsay
Collectif
Scala
soft cover - 160 p. -
English
€ 18.50 - available
Painting in the Musée d'Orsay
Collectif
Scala
soft cover - 160 p. -
English
€ 18.50 - available
Books about the museum
Orsay. Architecture
Caroline Mathieu
Scala
soft cover - 80 p. -
English
€ 15 - available
Orsay. Architecture
Caroline Mathieu
Scala
soft cover - 80 p. -
English
€ 15 - available
Books about the museum
From Station to Museum
Caroline Mathieu
Scala
soft cover
English
€ 5.80 - available
From Station to Museum
Caroline Mathieu
Scala
soft cover
English
€ 5.80 - available
Books about the museum
The Musée d'Orsay. Album
Collectif, Marc Bascou, Anne Distel, direction
Présentation of the collections of the Musée d'Orsay. Edition updated in 1995.
Réunion des musées nationaux
204 p. - 346 ill.
English
available
The Musée d'Orsay. Album
Collectif, Marc Bascou, Anne Distel, direction
Présentation of the collections of the Musée d'Orsay. Edition updated in 1995.
Réunion des musées nationaux
204 p. - 346 ill.
English
available
Books about the museum
Guide of the visitor in a hurry
Claire Barbillon
24 pages long, this brochure provides the reader with the major landmarks in the greater artistic trends represented in the museum. The suggested tour, although necessarily a selection, gives nonetheless a coherent view of the collections.
Réunion des musées nationaux
soft cover - 24 p. -
English
available
Guide of the visitor in a hurry
Claire Barbillon
24 pages long, this brochure provides the reader with the major landmarks in the greater artistic trends represented in the museum. The suggested tour, although necessarily a selection, gives nonetheless a coherent view of the collections.
Réunion des musées nationaux
soft cover - 24 p. -
English
available
Books about the museum
Paintings in the Musée d'Orsay
Robert Rosenblum
Ouvrage complet tout en couleurs sur la peinture du musée d'Orsay analysée par le critique d'art Robert Rosenblum
La Martinière
hard cover - 685 p. - 827 ill.
English
available
Paintings in the Musée d'Orsay
Robert Rosenblum
Ouvrage complet tout en couleurs sur la peinture du musée d'Orsay analysée par le critique d'art Robert Rosenblum
La Martinière
hard cover - 685 p. - 827 ill.
English
available
Books about the museum
Pocket Guide
Collectif
Eighty pieces of the museum chosen in the different fields of art - painting, sculpture, architecture, furniture, decorative art, graphical arts, photography - commented by means of a short review meant to be read in front of the pieces.
Réunion des musées nationaux
broché - 170 p. -
English
available
Pocket Guide
Collectif
Eighty pieces of the museum chosen in the different fields of art - painting, sculpture, architecture, furniture, decorative art, graphical arts, photography - commented by means of a short review meant to be read in front of the pieces.
Réunion des musées nationaux
broché - 170 p. -
English
available
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