Art, Art & More Art
Les Nymphéas de Claude Monet * Le Collection Jean Walter et Paul Guillaume
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the compilation copyright is held by Zenodot Verlagsgesellschaft mbH and licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License
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Because personal photography was not allowed within the specially designed oval room that contains Monet's Water Lily cycle, I chose to include these public domain photos because the installation and the paintings themselves are so impressive and are such an integral part of the Musée de l'Orangerie,
that to leave them out would be like looking at a picture of the artist Monet without his beard..
CENTER RIGHT is attributed to gigi4791 and is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic. license.
FAR RIGHT is attributed to Trish Mayo and is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 Generic license.
Because personal photography was not allowed within the specially designed oval room that contains Monet's Water Lily cycle, I chose to include these public domain photos because the installation and the paintings themselves are so impressive and are such an integral part of the Musée de l'Orangerie,
that to leave them out would be like looking at a picture of the artist Monet without his beard..
THE PRIVATE COLLECTION OF JEAN WALTER AND PAUL GUILLAUME
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From l'Orangerie, we walked through a corner of the Jardin de Tuileries, and then crossed over the Seine on the passerelle Solférino to reach the Musee d'Orsay. While not an official part of the "Best of Paris" itinerary, William escorted us into the museum before leaving us on our own.
Just another example of the professionalism and gracious hospitality of our tour leader.
Just another example of the professionalism and gracious hospitality of our tour leader.
MUSEE D'ORSAY
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From this view, the Musee d'Orsay's former function as a train station
is evident. One of the grand clocks all of which are an integral part of the architecture of this former Beaux-Arts railway station.
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The first time I visited Paris in 1970, the future of the Beaux-Arts style Gare d'Orsay' was in limbo. It was no longer being used as a railway station and was, in fact, scheduled to be demolished for a grand hotel complex. That is until it won placement on the registry of Historic Monuments in 1978.
Saved from the wrecking ball, it slowly morphed over the next eight years into an art museum designed to bridge the gap between the Louvre and the National Museum of Modern Art at the Pompidou Center. When the remodeled Musee d'Orsay finally opened in 1986, it housed the largest collection of impressionist & post-impressionist masterpieces in the world, many of which had previously been housed in the Galerie Nationale du Jeu de Paume near the Louvre. Since that museum had been my most vivid memory of my 1970 visit, I was pleased to again see so many of my favorite artists and paintings on display at the Musee d' Orsay. |
The domed glass ceiling lets in diffused light that changes according to the weather and time of day.
With this view through one of the huge clock faces, I was reminded of the boy in the book 'The Invention of Hugo Cabret' who viewed much of his life from behind a clock.
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Since photography was not allowed inside the individual galleries, the above reproductions are from the
public domain files of Wikimedia Commons. They are but a mere sampling of the famous art housed in the Orsay.
public domain files of Wikimedia Commons. They are but a mere sampling of the famous art housed in the Orsay.