Paul Durand-Ruel and the Twilight of Impressionism

SEP.19.2024          JAN.05.2025

L’Attente du retour des pêcheurs [Esperando el regreso de los pescadores], 1894

Henry Moret
L’Attente du retour des pêcheurs [Waiting for the fishermen], 1894
Association des Amis du Petit Palais, Ginebra
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Exhibition

 

SEP.19.2024        JAN.05.2025

Where

Recoletos Exhibition Hall
Paseo Recoletos 23, 28004 Madrid

cultura@fundacionmapfre.org (attention only during the opening hours of the exhibition hall)

Opening hours:
Mondays (except holidays): 2 pm – 8 pm
Tuesday to Saturday: 11 am – 8 pm
Sunday and holidays: 11 am – 7 pm

*The evacuation of the hall starts 10 minutes before closing time. Last access (7:30 pm or 6:30 pm) only allows a 20 minutes tour to the exhibitions.

Closed:
December 25th, January 1st and 6th

Limited opening hours:
December 24th and 31th, January 5th: 11 am – 3 pm

General Ticket:
5 €

Free Access time:
Mondays, 2 pm to 8 pm (except holidays)

How to arrive

Buses: 5 – 14 – 27 – 37 – 45 – 53 – 150
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Subway: Line 4 (Colón), line 2 (Banco de España) and line 5 (Chueca)
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Trains: C-2, C-7, C-8 and C-10
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Audioguides

Available online in Spanish and English. Accessible via mobile without downloads or installations.

Also available in audio device obtainable in the hall (if available).

Price: €4

Accessibility

Ramp for wheelchair access – The three floors of the hall are accessed by a generously-sized elevator.

Services

Locker Service.

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In 1865, Paul Durand-Ruel (1831-1922) became responsible for the gallery founded by his father, Jean. Over the years, he established himself as one of the most renowned art dealers in Paris. He dedicated much of his life to defending and promoting modern art against those who advocated academic painting.

Durand-Ruel initially supported painters such as Eugène Delacroix and Gustave Courbet, as well as the known as the ‘Barbizon School’ (Camille Corot, Charles-François Daubigny and Jean-François Millet, among others), before embarking shortly afterwards on his most famous enterprise: championing the Impressionist artists, including Claude Monet, Auguste Renoir and Camille Pissarro. In the final decade of the 19th century, Durand-Ruel undertook a new (and less well-known) adventure: supporting and promoting a new generation of painters, that of Albert André, Georges d’Espagnat, Gustave Loiseau, Maxime Maufra and Henry Moret.

Heirs to Impressionism, these artists operated within a dynamic and stimulating artistic environment, where the innovative approaches of Van Gogh and Cézanne, the neo-Impressionist experiments of Georges Seurat and Paul Signac, and the synthesist explorations of Paul Gauguin coexisted. Although traditionally classified as the ‘Post-Impressionist generation,’ their work exhibits a range of tendencies, from the affinity to Impressionism of the landscape painters Moret, Maufre and Loiseau to the preference for genre scenes, portraits and decorative painting of D’Espagnat and André.

Paul Durand-Ruel and the Twilight of Impressionism seeks, firstly, to bring attention to this remarkable art dealer and patron of the arts; secondly, it aims to contextualize and highlight the work of five ‘Post-Impressionist’ artists he supported, ensuring they receive the recognition they deserve in the history of art.

Curator: Claire Durand-Ruel Snollaerts

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Individual

PLUS Ticket

  • TICKET and AUDIO GUIDE for Paul Durand-Ruel and the twilight of Impressionism, 31 Women. An exhibition by Peggy Guggenheim and Weege. Autopsy of the Spectacle. The audio guide is accessible online, from your Smartphone, without downloads or installations. An audio device can also be requested in the room (if available; not compatible with Bluetooth).
  • Prices: PLUS General Admission: €9. PLUS Reduced Admission: €7.
  • Does not incluye headphones. You can add them (€1) during the online purchase or at the ticket office. For sustainability reasons we recommend you to bring your own headphones.

Guided Tour (in Spanish): Paul Durand-Ruel

  • In a tour lasting approximately one hour, our cultural mediators comment on the main pieces in the exhibition, sharing with the participants the aesthetic and historical keys to deepen their knowledge of Paul Durand-Ruel’s figure and the third generation of painters who were heirs to Impressionism, represented by him (including Henry Moret, Maxime Maufra, Gustave Loiseau, Georges d’Espagnat, and Albert André).
  • Price: 7€. The ticket also allows to visit 31 Women. An exhibition by Peggy Guggenheim and Weegee. Autopsy of the Spectacle.
  • Hours: TUESDAY: 12:30 pm; WEDNESDAY and FRIDAY: 5:30 pm. Each group will be made up of a maximum of 14 visitors. Approximate duration: 60 min.
  • The visit is carried out in spanish with an audio-guided system. No translation into english is offered. Disposable headphones are provided, but for sustainability reasons we recommend you to bring your own headphones.

Guided Tour (in Spanish): Durand-Ruel + 31 Women

  • A combined tour that provides a more concise yet equally informative explanation of the main artistic and historical aspects of both exhibitions.
  • Price: 7€. The ticket also allows to visit Weegee. Autopsy of the Spectacle.
  • Hours: WEDNESDAYS and FRIDAYS: 12:30 pm; SUNDAYS: 4:30 pm and 5:30 pm. Each group will be made up of a maximum of 14 visitors. Approximate duration: 60 min.
  • The visit is carried out in spanish with an audio-guided system. No translation into english is offered. Disposable headphones are provided, but for sustainability reasons we recommend you to bring your own headphones.

Individual Ticket

  • Allows to visit Paul Durand-Ruel and the twilight of Impressionism, 31 Women. An exhibition by Peggy Guggenheim and Weegee. Autopsy of the Spectacle.
  • General admission: €5.
  • Reduced admission: €3 (Beneficiaries of reduced admission).
  • Free Access (0€): Mondays (except holidays) from 2 pm to 8 pm.

The beneficiaries of free admission must obtain their ticket at the ticket office in the room.

(In the case of free access due to disability / reduced mobility, you can request a ticket reservation in advance by e-mail: cultura@fundacionmapfre.org).

MAPFRE Clients

  • MAPFRE offers to its policyholders 2 free tickets (4 if Platinum Client) for each exhibition season. To obtain courtesy tickets of MAPFRE, access the online ticket office and follow the purchase process. Tickets are discounted at the end of the purchase process: before payment, the program will request your ID and will automatically activate the free tickets that correspond to you.
  • You can also get them at the ticket office in the room, presenting your ID.
  • Invitations must be used in a single visit.
  • Any question you have, please check these simple instructions.

Collaborating Entities

  • If you belong to any of the entities that collaborate with Fundación MAPFRE, you must obtain your reduced ticket (€ 1 or €3) at the ticket office in the room.

Audioguides

  • If you have already purchased a individual ticket and want to add the audio guide, you can purchase it here. Price: €4.
  • The audio guide is accessible online, from your Smartphone, without downloads or installations. An audio device can also be requested in the room (if available; not compatible with Bluetooth).
  • Does not incluye headphones. You can add them (€1) during the online purchase or at the ticket office. For sustainability reasons we recommend you to bring your own headphones.

Groups

Group Visit (Durand-Ruel)

  • It’s mandatory for the Group Visit to have a guide or person in charge. To request a guide from the Foundation, ask please for information and rates to: cultura@fundacionmapfre.org
  • The group must be made up of a minimum of 6 pax. a maximum of 15 pax (guide included).
  • The use of an audio-guiding system is mandatory for the visit. If the group does not have its own, you must add it (€1/pax) during the online purchase process.
  • Hours: MONDAY: 4 pm ; TUESDAY to FRIDAY: 11:30 am; 1:30 pm; 2:30 pm ; 4:30 pm and 6 pm.
  • Maximum duration of the visit: 60 min.
  • The formalization of the booking implies the acceptance of the Rules for the visit, especially those indicated for “Group Tour”.

€3/pax.

Group Visit (Durand-Ruel + 31 Women)

  • It is possible to make a combined group visit to Paul Durand-Ruel and the twilight… and 31 Women. Due to the limited capacity and circulation in the rooms, the tour should begin with Paul Durand-Ruel… , where the explanation should not take more than 40 minutes.
  • It’s mandatory for the Group Visit to have a guide or person in charge. To request a guide from the Foundation, ask please for information and rates to: cultura@fundacionmapfre.org
  • The group must be made up of a minimum of 6 pax. a maximum of 15 pax (guide included).
  • The use of an audio-guiding system is mandatory for the visit. If the group does not have its own, you must add it (€1/pax) during the online purchase process.
  • Hours: MONDAY: 3 pm; TUESDAY to FRIDAY: 11 am and 4 pm.
  • Maximum duration of the visit: 60 min.
  • The formalization of the booking implies the acceptance of the Rules for the visit, especially those indicated for “Group Tour”.

€3/pax.

Schools

Educational activities for schools are developed entirely in Spanish. If you are interested please consult section Colegios y Familias.

Families

Educational activities for families are developed entirely in Spanish. If you are interested please consult section Colegios y Familias.

Important:

  • Tickets changes or returns are not allowed except for justified force majeure.
  • The purchase of tickets presupposes the acceptance of the Rules for the visit. We recommend reading it before entering the room.
  • Fundación MAPFRE is not responsible for the rates, schedules and other information applied on the websites of other entities where tickets for their exhibitions can be purchased.
  • If the online ticket purchasing process is cancelled, suspended or cut off, please contact our support telephone numbers: +34 915 816 100 (attention exclusively during the opening hours of the exhibition hall).
  • Other rates for groups (44 KB)

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