Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot, The Bridge at Mantes (detail), c. 1850-1854, oil on canvas, 38 x 46 cm. Ordrupgaard, Copenhagen. Photo: NGC
Impressionist Treasures: The Ordrupgaard Collection
Enjoy a spectacular selection of artworks from a collection regarded as one of the most beautiful in Europe.
Impressionist Treasures features masterpieces from the renowned Ordrupgaard Museum in Copenhagen and its exquisite collection of works by the top artists of 19th-century French painting.
Visitors to the National Gallery of Canada will be treated to a survey of art by the great masters of Impressionism, Post-impressionism and the major trends of French painting that preceded them, such as the Barbizon School and Realism.
In one compelling presentation, the luminous landscapes of Corot, Monet, Sisley and Pissarro rub shoulders with the naturalism of Courbet, the still-lifes of Manet and Matisse, the intimate portraits of Renoir and Morisot, and the imagination of Gauguin. This exhibition of 76 paintings is also a unique opportunity to discover unparalleled works from the Danish Golden Age, including those by C. W. Eckersberg and Vilhelm Hammershøi.
Experience one of Europe’s best-kept secrets at the National Gallery of Canada.
Impressionist Treasures: The Ordrupgaard Collection has been organized by Ordrupgaard, Copenhagen and the National Gallery of Canada.
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There is only one master here—Corot. We are nothing compared to him, nothing.
– Claude Monet, 1897
Artwork
Berthe Morisot, Woman with a Fan. Portrait of Madame Marie Hubbard, 1874, oil on canvas, 50.5 x 81 cm, Ordrupgaard, Copenhagen. Photo: Anders Sune Berg
Berthe Morisot, Woman with a Fan. Portrait of Madame Marie Hubbard, 1874, oil on canvas, 50.5 x 81 cm, Ordrupgaard, Copenhagen. Photo: Anders Sune Berg
Camille Pissarro, Plum Trees in Blossom, Éragny, 1894, oil on canvas, 60 x 73 cm, Ordrupgaard, Copenhagen. Photo: Anders Sune Berg
Camille Pissarro, Plum Trees in Blossom, Éragny, 1894, oil on canvas, 60 x 73 cm, Ordrupgaard, Copenhagen. Photo: Anders Sune Berg
Claude Monet, The Chailly Road through the Forest Fontainebleau, 1865, oil on canvas, 97 x 130.5 cm, Ordrupgaard, Copenhagen. Photo: Anders Sune Berg
Claude Monet, The Chailly Road through the Forest Fontainebleau, 1865, oil on canvas, 97 x 130.5 cm, Ordrupgaard, Copenhagen. Photo: Anders Sune Berg
Édouard Manet, Basket of Pears, 1882, oil on canvas, 35 x 41 cm, Ordrupgaard, Copenhagen. Photo: Anders Sune Berg
Édouard Manet, Basket of Pears, 1882, oil on canvas, 35 x 41 cm, Ordrupgaard, Copenhagen. Photo: Anders Sune Berg
Eugène Delacroix, George Sand, 1838, oil on canvas, 78 x 56.5 cm, Ordrupgaard, Copenhagen. Photo: Anders Sune Berg
Eugène Delacroix, George Sand, 1838, oil on canvas, 78 x 56.5 cm, Ordrupgaard, Copenhagen. Photo: Anders Sune Berg
Gustave Courbet, The Ruse, Roe Deer Hunting Episode (Franche-Comté), 1866, oil on canvas, 97 x 130 cm, Ordrupgaard, Copenhagen. Photo: Anders Sune Berg
Gustave Courbet, The Ruse, Roe Deer Hunting Episode (Franche-Comté), 1866, oil on canvas, 97 x 130 cm, Ordrupgaard, Copenhagen. Photo: Anders Sune Berg
Peter Christian Thamsen Skovgaard, View from, Frederiksborg Castle, 1842, oil on canvas, 140 x 150 cm, Ordrupgaard, Copenhagen. Photo: Anders Sune Berg
Peter Christian Thamsen Skovgaard, View from, Frederiksborg Castle, 1842, oil on canvas, 140 x 150 cm, Ordrupgaard, Copenhagen. Photo: Anders Sune Berg
Paul Cézanne, Women Bathing, c. 1895, oil on canvas, 47 x 77 cm, Ordrupgaard, Copenhagen. Photo: Anders Sune Berg
Paul Cézanne, Women Bathing, c. 1895, oil on canvas, 47 x 77 cm, Ordrupgaard, Copenhagen. Photo: Anders Sune Berg
Paul Gauguin, Blue Trees. Your Turn Will Come, My Beauty!, 1888, oil on jute sackcloth, 92 x 73 cm, Ordrupgaard, Copenhagen. Photo: Anders Sune Berg
Paul Gauguin, Blue Trees. Your Turn Will Come, My Beauty!, 1888, oil on jute sackcloth, 92 x 73 cm, Ordrupgaard, Copenhagen. Photo: Anders Sune Berg
Vilhelm Hammershøi, Interior with Piano and Woman in Black. From the Artist’s Home at Strandgade 30, 1901, oil on canvas, 63 x 52.5 cm, Ordrupgaard, Copenhagen. Photo: Anders Sune Berg
Vilhelm Hammershøi, Interior with Piano and Woman in Black. From the Artist’s Home at Strandgade 30, 1901, oil on canvas, 63 x 52.5 cm, Ordrupgaard, Copenhagen. Photo: Anders Sune Berg
The collection of Wilhelm and Henny Hansen offers visitors a true lesson in the history of European modern art from the dual perspective of France and Denmark.
– Erika Dolphin, Associate Curator
An Exceptional Collection
The Ordrupgaard collection was built between 1910 and 1931 by Wilhelm Hansen, an influential Danish businessman and visionary who was passionate about art. Hansen’s collection quickly became one of the most notable in Europe. His acquisitions were brought together in his residence in Ordrupgaard, in a suburb of Copenhagen.
With a desire to promote French modern art, in 1918, the collector opened the doors of his country house to the public for one day a week. Despite the financial difficulties that forced him to sell several major paintings in 1922, he managed to rebuild his collection in the years that followed. Hansen's widow, Henny, bequeathed their home and the art collection to the Danish state, which turned it into a museum in 1953.
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Berthe Morisot's Woman with a Fan. Portrait of Madame Marie Hubbard is a nod to a famous painting by the artist’s brother-in-law, Édouard Manet. See which one in this video.
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