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Art from the world's galleries & museums D'ORSAY MUSEUM PARIS See the Print on this site and then visit the Gallery and see the original ! This page contains information about the Museum, major works of art and links to their official site The Musee D'orsay has significant art works from 1848-1914 including works of Degas, Manet, Monet, Cezanne, van Gogh, Gauguin, Toulouse-Lautrec and Rodin. - * 62 Rue de Lille Paris 75007 (33-1) 40 49 48 14 Hours: Tues, Wed, Fri, Sat 10-6 - Thurs 10-9.45 Sun 9-6 closed Mondays. Note: The d'Orsay can be very crowded on Tuesday when the Louvre is closed. The Official Site of the MUSEE d'ORSAY The MUSEE d'ORSAY is opposite the Seine, facing the Tuilleries and close to the Louvre Museum. Originally a railway station designed by Victor Laloux, winner of the Grand Prix de Rome the plans to build it were accepted in 1898, and it took 2 years to build. By the 1930's it had become outdated and unsuitable for the new trains, and then closed down. After closure the building was used for a wide variety of purposes, awaiting demolition. It was the setting for the Orson Wells movie The Trial, until 1980 the home of the Renaud-Barrault Theatre Company, and later the home of the Drouot-Rive Gauche auction house. In 1973 the facades and decor of the station and hotel were protected by a presentation order, and then the idea of a museum dedicated to the previous century took shape. Restructured to house works of art dating from the second half of the 19th century, over 60 years of cultural and artistic creations in their historical context was planned in this railway station transformed into a museum. Architecture, sculpture, painting, graphic arts, photography, cinematography and the decorative arts, are all represented as well as music and literature . In 1979 a team of architects was selected and in 1982 plans were submitted and work started a year later. In December 1986 after years of research and work, the museum, railway station and hotel were unveiled, spread over 3 floors according to a chronological sequence. The main floor has early 19th century art and the upper floors the then radical Impressionist art. ART MASTERPIECES in the Musee d'Orsay include: Frederic BAZILLE: The Artist's Studio on the rue de la Condamine Eugene BOUDIN: The Beach at Trouville Mary CASSATT: Woman Sewing Eugene DELACROIX: The Tiger Hunt Paul GAUGUIN: La Belle Angele Paul GAUGUIN: Breton Peasant Women Edouard M MANET: Dejeuner sur l'herbe Claude MONET: Blue Waterlilies Jean Francois MILLETT: The Gleaners Berthe MORISOT: The Cradle MANET: Olympia Edouarde Café Royal in London Camille PISSARRO: Landscape at Chaponval Pierre August RENOIR: Dancing at the Moulin de la Galette Paul SIGNAC;: The Papal Palace, Avignon Alfred SISLEY: Snow at Louveciennes Click here to buy posters! The Artist's Studio, 1870 Bazille, Jean Frederic Buy this Giclee Print at AllPosters.com Beach at Trouville Boudin, Eugene Buy this Art Print at AllPosters.com Young Mother Sewing Cassatt, Mary Buy this Art Print at AllPosters.com Olympia, 1863 Manet, Édouard Buy this Giclee Print at AllPosters.com Cafe Royal, London, 1912 Orpen, Sir William Buy this Giclee Print at AllPosters.com Landscape at Chaponval, 1880 Pissarro, Camille Buy this Giclee Print at AllPosters.com On the Beach 1873 original is oil on canvas Gift of Jean-Edouard Dubrujeaud Edouard Manet   Snow at Louveciennes, 1878 Sisley, Alfred Buy this Giclee Print at AllPosters.com   Les Raboteurs De Parquet 1875 Caillbotte original oil on canvas is in the D'Orsay Museum, Paris Gift of Caillebotte's heirs through the intermediary of Auguste Renoir The Cradle 1872 Berthe MORISOT original is oil on canvas 56x46 Purchased in 1930 Berthe Morisot exhibited this painting in the Impressionist Exhibition of 1874 - it is a portrait of her sister Edma with her baby Blanche. Evening Soiree Jean Beraud ALL POSTERS.COM Fifer 1866 Edouard MANET original is oil on canvas 160x98 Count Isaac de Camondo bequest 1911 Gleaners 1857 Jean Francois MILLETT original is oil on canvas 83.5x111 Millet grew up on a farm, didn't attend the Academy and hated the Paris art scene. He painted simple rural scenes depicting the life of the working poor. Here he shows poor women picking up the leavings after a field has been harvested. Portrait of Emile Zola Edouard MANET original is oil on canvas 146x114 Gift of Mme Emile Zola but retained by her for her lifetime entered the national collections in 1925 The Waitress 1879 Edouard MANET original is oil on canvas 77.5x65 Formerly Matsukata Collection - ceded under the terms of the peace treaty with Japan 1959 The Bellelli Family 1858-1860 Edgar DEGAS original is oil on canvas 200x250 Purchased in 1918 The Tub 1886 Edgar DEGAS original is pastel on cardboard 60x83 Count Isaac de Camondo bequest 1911 L Absinthe circa 1876 Edgar DEGAS original is oil on canvas 92x68 Count Isaac de Camondo bequest 1911 A Modern Olympia Paul CEZANNE original is oil on canvas 46x55 Gift of Paul Gachet 1951 The Blue Vase Paul CEZANNE original is oil on canvas 61x50 Count Isaac de Camondo bequest 1911 The Bathers Paul CEZANNE original is oil on canvas 60x82 Gift of Baronne Eva Gabhard-Gourgaud 1965 Women in a Garden 1866-1867 Claude MONET original is oil on canvas 255x205 Purchased in 1921 The Magpie c1869 Claude MONET original is oil on canvas 89x130 Purchased in 1984 Wild Poppies 1873 Claude MONET original is oil on canvas 50x65 Gift of Etienne Moreau-Nelaton 1906 The Bridge at Argenteuil 1874 Claude MONET original is oil on canvas 60x80 Antonin Personnaz bequest 1937 Woman with Parasol 1886 Claude MONET original is oil on canvas 131x88 Gift of Michel Monet, son of the artist 1927 Flooding At Port-Marly 1876 Alfred SISLEY original is oil on canvas 60x81 Count Isaac de Camondo bequest 1911 Le Moulin de la Galette 1876 Pierre August RENOIR original is oil on canvas 131x175 Gustave Caillebotte bequest 1894 On Sundays the working class of Paris would dress up and head for Montmartre to dance, drink and eat little cakes (galettes). There are 2 copies of this scene the other being smaller and in a private collection Dance in the Country 1883 Pierre August RENOIR original is oil on canvas 180x90 Purchased in 1979 Dance in the Town 1883 Pierre August RENOIR original is oil on canvas 180x90 Acquired in lieu of estate duties 1978 Detail of Young Girls at the Piano 1892 Pierre August RENOIR original is oil on canvas 116x90 Purchased in 1892 The Bathers 1918 Pierre August RENOIR original is oil on canvas 110x160 Gift of the artist's sons 1923 Buddha c1905 Odile REDON original is pastel on paper 98x73 Purchased in 1971 Golden Harvest 1889 Paul GAUGUIN original is oil on canvas 73x92 Gift of Mme Huc de Monfreid 1951 Tahitian Women on the Beach 1891 Paul GAUGUIN original is oil on canvas 69x91 Viscount Guy du Cholet bequest 1923 Breton Peasant Women 1894 Paul GAUGUIN original is oil on canvas 66x92 Gift of Max and Rosy Kaganovitch 1973 Church at Auvers - Sur-Oise 1890 Vincent VAN GOGH original is oil on canvas 94x74 Purchased with the help of Paul Gachet and an anonymous Canadian donation 1951* Circus 1891 George SEURAT original is oil on canvas 186x151 John Quinn bequest entered the national collections in 1927 Here we see "pointillism" - little dabs of different colors blend and shimmer at a distance. La toilette 1896 Henri Toulouse-Lautrec original is paint on cardboard 67x54 Pierre Goujon bequest 1914 Le lit c 1892 Henri Toulouse-Lautrec original is paint on panel Antonin Personnaz bequest 1937 La Gare St. Lazare 1877 Claude MONET original is oil on canvas 75x104 Gustave Caillebotte Bequest 1894 Church Auvers 1890 original is oil on canvas Vincent Van Gogh Rappel des Glaneuse Jules Breton Angelus 1859 original is oil on canvas Jean Francois Millet   Restaurant de la Sirène at Asnièr   The Artist's Mother 1871 original is oil on canvas James McNeill Whistler   Pont De Charing Cross circa 1906 original is oil on canvas Andre Derain Asylum At Saint-Remy 1889 original is oil on canvas Vincent van Gogh Curtain Call 1878 original is pastel Edgar Degas   Snake Charmer 1907 original is oil on canvas Henri Rousseau Deer Shelter Roe Deer 1866 original is oil on canvas Gustave Courbet Making Merry 1892 original is oil on canvas Paul Gauguin   La Nuit Etoilee 1888 original is oil on canvas Vincent van Gogh Cliffs At Etretat After a Storm 1869 original 133x162 Gustave Courbet Morning Dance of the Nymphs 1850 original is oil on canvas Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot   Women in a Garden 1867 original is oil on canvas Purchased 1921 Claude Monet Birth of Venus 1863 original is oil on canvas Alexandre Cabanel Raboteurs de Parquet 1875 original is oil on canvas Gustave Caillebotte Blue Dancers circa 1895 original is oil on canvas Edgar Degas Boating At Argenteuil circa 1872 original oil on canvas Claude Monet Red Roofs 1877 original is oil on canvas Camille Pissarro   Still Life with Apples and Oranges c. 1899 original is oil on canvas Paul Cezanne   Afternoon Siesta 1889-90 original is oil on canvas Vincent van Gogh Fruits Grapes and Almonds 1864 Édouard Manet Starry Night Over the Rhone 1888 Vincent van Gogh Restaurant De La Sirene At Asnieres 1887 original is oil on canvas 5 Vincent van Gogh Books at AMAZON.COM - in USA Books at AMAZON.CO.UK - in UK Our online ART STORE * THE ART BOOK an alphabetical reference guide to 500 of the world's greatest painters and sculptors from antiquity to the present day. published by Phaidon AMAZON.COM in USA AMAZON.CO.UK in UK ALL POSTERS.COM SEARCH THE WEB-ARTS SITE G/w  AMAZON.COM - in USA return to GALLERIES & MUSEUMS