Musée d'Orsay Highlights 19th-Century Urban Views in Collection Listing
The Musée d'Orsay has published a listing of works featuring urban and landscape views from the 19th and early 20th centuries, including photographs by Thomas Annan of Glasgow streets (circa 1868–1871) and views of Paris, Pau, and Venice by artists such as Adolphe Humbert de Molard and René Lalique. The list includes paintings and photographs by Juste Lisch, Eugène Grasset, Gabriel Loppé, and others, spanning from Adolphe Hervier's 1848 "La Barricade, juin 1848" to Charles Augustin Lhermitte's 1912 "Brest, voiliers dans le port." The collection appears on the museum's website with no accompanying exhibition announcement.
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The listing underscores the Musée d'Orsay's strength in 19th-century photography and urban landscape painting, a genre that documents the rapid transformation of European cities during the industrial era. For collectors, the presence of multiple works by Thomas Annan—known for his documentation of Glasgow's closes—highlights growing institutional interest in early photographic records of urban development. The inclusion of both canonical and lesser-known artists suggests curatorial efforts to expand the canon beyond Impressionism and into vernacular urban imagery.
- Artists: Charles Augustin Lhermitte, Thomas Annan, Adolphe Humbert de Molard, René Lalique, Adolphe Hervier, Eugène Grasset, Gabriel Loppé, Juste Lisch
- Museums: Musée d'Orsay
- Locations: Paris, Brest, Pau, Venice, Glasgow
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