Monday 15 October 2012

If you are ever lucky enough to be in Paris, don't forget to visit the Musée D'Orsay



Of all the art galleries I have been to, my favourite is the Musée D’Orsay in Paris.  It is on the left bank of the Seine.  It has artworks from 1848 to 1914.


The first time I was there, I was a bit overwhelmed.  The next time I was much more focused.  In the interim I had bought a big lovely but expensive book called “ Paintings in the Musee D’Orsay” by Robert Rosenblum.  This meant that I knew what in particular I wanted to look at.  It meant that I didn’t skip over the 19th century academic art just to look at the more famous impressionist and modernist works.


The architecture of the gallery is also interesting.  It is a converted railway station.  The conversion dates back to only the late 1970’s.








My favourite works in the collection include:


The Gleaners – Millet

The Fifer – Manet
The Regatta at Argenteuil, Monet
A Dance in the Country – Renoir
The Red Buoy – Signac
Motherhood - Melchers


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3 comments:

  1. Not my favourite art gallery for the art works (Tate Britain or Lady Lever would be that) but absolutely the most beautiful art gallery I've ever been too. Love it.

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  2. Beautiful building - we were there in 2009 on our honeymoon! x

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  3. Wonderful paintings. My favorite art museum is the Tate in London for its PreRaphaelite and friends paintings. Assuming they are still there.

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