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D'ORSAY MUSEUM PARIS


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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By the 1930's it had become outdated and unsuitable for the new trains, and then closed down.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


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The Artist's Studio, 1870
The Artist's Studio, 1870
Bazille, Jean Frederic
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Beach at Trouville
Beach at Trouville
Boudin, Eugene
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Young Mother Sewing
Young Mother Sewing
Cassatt, Mary
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Olympia, 1863
Olympia, 1863
Manet, Édouard
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Cafe Royal, London, 1912
Cafe Royal, London, 1912
Orpen, Sir William
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Landscape at Chaponval, 1880
Landscape at Chaponval, 1880
Pissarro, Camille
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On the Beach
1873
original is oil on canvas
Gift of Jean-Edouard Dubrujeaud
Edouard Manet
 Snow at Louveciennes, 1878
Snow at Louveciennes, 1878
Sisley, Alfred
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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

Caillebotte - Les Raboteurs De Parquet

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.

Berthe Morisot - The Cradle, 1873

Evening Soiree
Jean Beraud
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Evening Soiree

Fifer
1866
Edouard MANET
original is oil on canvas 160x98
Count Isaac de Camondo bequest 1911

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Gleaners
1857
Jean Francois MILLETT
original is oil on canvas 83.5x111

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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

Portrait of Emile Zola

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 Waitress

The Bellelli Family
1858-1860
Edgar DEGAS
original is oil on canvas 200x250
Purchased in 1918

The Bellelli Family

The Tub
1886
Edgar DEGAS
original is pastel on cardboard 60x83
Count Isaac de Camondo bequest 1911

The Tub

L Absinthe
circa 1876
Edgar DEGAS
original is oil on canvas 92x68
Count Isaac de Camondo bequest 1911

Edgar Degas - L Absinthe

A Modern Olympia
Paul CEZANNE
original is oil on canvas 46x55
Gift of Paul Gachet 1951

A Modern Olympia

The Blue Vase
Paul CEZANNE
original is oil on canvas 61x50
Count Isaac de Camondo bequest 1911

The Blue Vase

The Bathers
Paul CEZANNE
original is oil on canvas 60x82
Gift of Baronne Eva Gabhard-Gourgaud 1965

The Bathers

Women in a Garden
1866-1867
Claude MONET
original is oil on canvas 255x205
Purchased in 1921

Women in a Garden

The Magpie
c1869
Claude MONET
original is oil on canvas 89x130
Purchased in 1984

The Magpie

Wild Poppies
1873
Claude MONET
original is oil on canvas 50x65
Gift of Etienne Moreau-Nelaton 1906

Wild Poppies

The Bridge at Argenteuil
1874
Claude MONET
original is oil on canvas 60x80
Antonin Personnaz bequest 1937

The Bridge at Argenteuil

Woman with Parasol
1886
Claude MONET
original is oil on canvas 131x88
Gift of Michel Monet, son of the artist 1927

Woman with Parasol

Flooding At Port-Marly
1876
Alfred SISLEY
original is oil on canvas 60x81
Count Isaac de Camondo bequest 1911

Flooding At Port-Marly

Le Moulin de la Galette
1876
Pierre August RENOIR
original is oil on canvas 131x175
Gustave Caillebotte bequest 1894

Le Moulin de la Galette

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 Country

Dance in the Town

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

Detail of Young Girls at the Piano

The Bathers
1918
Pierre August RENOIR
original is oil on canvas 110x160
Gift of the artist's sons 1923

The Bathers

Buddha
c1905
Odile REDON
original is pastel on paper 98x73
Purchased in 1971

Buddha

Golden Harvest
1889
Paul GAUGUIN
original is oil on canvas 73x92
Gift of Mme Huc de Monfreid 1951

Golden Harvest

Tahitian Women on the Beach
1891
Paul GAUGUIN
original is oil on canvas 69x91
Viscount Guy du Cholet bequest 1923

Tahitian Women on the Beach

Breton Peasant Women
1894
Paul GAUGUIN
original is oil on canvas 66x92
Gift of Max and Rosy Kaganovitch 1973

Breton Peasant Women

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*

Church at Auvers - Sur-Oise, 1890

Circus
1891
George SEURAT
original is oil on canvas 186x151
John Quinn bequest entered the national collections in 1927

Circus

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

La toilette

Le lit
c 1892
Henri Toulouse-Lautrec
original is paint on panel
Antonin Personnaz bequest 1937

Henri Toulouse-Lautrec - Le lit

La Gare St. Lazare
1877
Claude MONET
original is oil on canvas 75x104
Gustave Caillebotte Bequest 1894

Claude Monet - La Gare St. Lazare

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Church Auvers
1890
original is oil on canvas
Vincent Van Gogh

Jules Breton - Rappel des Glaneuse
Rappel des Glaneuse
Jules Breton

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Angelus
1859
original is oil on canvas
Jean Francois Millet

 

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Restaurant de la Sirène at Asnièr

 

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The Artist's Mother
1871
original is oil on canvas
James McNeill Whistler

 

Andre Derain - Pont De Charing Cross
Pont De Charing Cross
circa 1906
original is oil on canvas
Andre Derain

Vincent van Gogh - Asylum At Saint-Remy
Asylum At Saint-Remy
1889
original is oil on canvas
Vincent van Gogh

Edgar Degas - Curtain Call 1877
Curtain Call
1878
original is pastel
Edgar Degas

 

Henri Rousseau - Snake Charmer 1907
Snake Charmer
1907
original is oil on canvas
Henri Rousseau

Gustave Courbet - Deer Shelter Roe Deer
Deer Shelter Roe Deer
1866
original is oil on canvas
Gustave Courbet

Paul Gauguin - Making Merry
Making Merry
1892
original is oil on canvas
Paul Gauguin

 

Vincent van Gogh - La Nuit Etoilee
La Nuit Etoilee
1888
original is oil on canvas
Vincent van Gogh

Gustave Courbet - Cliffs At Etretat After a Storm
Cliffs At Etretat After a Storm
1869
original 133x162
Gustave Courbet

Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot - Morning Dance of the Nymphs
Morning Dance of the Nymphs
1850
original is oil on canvas
Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot

 

Claude Monet - Women in a Garden
Women in a Garden
1867
original is oil on canvas
Purchased 1921
Claude Monet

Alexandre Cabanel - Birth of Venus
Birth of Venus
1863
original is oil on canvas
Alexandre Cabanel

Gustave Caillebotte - Raboteurs de Parquet
Raboteurs de Parquet
1875
original is oil on canvas
Gustave Caillebotte

Edgar Degas - Blue Dancers
Blue Dancers
circa 1895
original is oil on canvas
Edgar Degas

Claude Monet - Boating At Argenteuil
Boating At Argenteuil
circa 1872
original oil on canvas
Claude Monet

Camille Pissarro - Red Roofs 1877
Red Roofs
1877
original is oil on canvas
Camille Pissarro

 

Paul Cezanne - Still Life with Apples and Oranges, c. 1895-1900
Still Life with Apples and Oranges
c. 1899
original is oil on canvas
Paul Cezanne

 

Vincent van Gogh - Afternoon Siesta
Afternoon Siesta
1889-90
original is oil on canvas
Vincent van Gogh

Édouard Manet - Fruits Grapes and Almonds 1864
Fruits Grapes and Almonds
1864
Édouard Manet

Vincent van Gogh - Starry Night Over the Rhone, 1888
Starry Night Over the Rhone
1888
Vincent van Gogh

Vincent van Gogh - Restaurant De La Sirene At Asnieres
Restaurant De La Sirene At Asnieres
1887
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Vincent van Gogh


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