2 Quotes & Sayings By Ambroise Vollard
Ambroise Vollard was a renowned French art critic and dealer. He is best known as a collector of van Gogh's works. In 1887, he published a catalogue raisonné of van Gogh's work, the first to do so. During his career, he sold his entire collection, which included more than 1,600 paintings, to the state for 10 million francs
The money was used to found the Musée d'Orsay, a national museum devoted exclusively to Impressionist and Post-Impressionist art.