A survey of the acclaimed Omaha museum's collection of European art
The collection of European art at Joslyn Art Museum includes masterworks by Titian, Paolo Veronese, Claude Lorrain, Rembrandt van Rijn, Gustave Courbet, Edgar Degas, Claude Monet and Camille Pissarro, as well as a significant group of 19th-century French academic paintings, with major examples by Jules Breton, William-Adolphe Bouguereau and Jean-Léon Gérôme. European Paintings and Sculpture from Joslyn Art Museum provides a richly illustrated catalog of 100 European artworks in the museum, presented chronologically from the late 13th to the early 20th century. Noted scholars and specialists in the field examine these works while considering artist biography, practice and technique, and cultural and historical contexts. An introductory essay offers an engaging history of the arts in Omaha and the formation of the museum's European collection.
"European Paintings and Sculpture from Joslyn Art Museum is the first comprehensive reexamination of the museum's permanent collection in over three decades, marking a significant milestone for the institution and drawing well deserved attention to the artworks in its care. The museum's collection of European painting and sculpture includes masterworks by Titian, Paolo Veronese, Claude Lorrain, Rembrandt van Rijn, Gustave Courbet, Edgar Degas, Claude Monet, and Camille Pissarro, as well as significant holdings of nineteenth-century French academic painting, with major examples by Jules Breton, William-Adolphe Bouguereau, and Jean-Lâeon Gâerãome. Despite the importance of this collection, previous publications have only addressed these works within a broader selection of museum highlights. The new catalogue presents one hundred artworks dating from the late thirteenth to the early twentieth century and representing many of the most important artists, schools, and styles of European art history"--
