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10 essential Impressionist painters · 1. Claude Monet, 1840 – 1926 · 2. Édouard Manet, 1832 – 1833 · 3. Pierre-August Renoir, (1841-1919) · 4.
D’Orsay Museum
Though he considered himself more of a Realist, Manet warrants a mention as he’s known for building the bridge between Realism and Impressionism. Le Déjeuner sur l’herbe (The Luncheon on the Grass</em, 1863), one of his most famous works, is on display at the <anchor>D’Orsay Museum</anchor>. The painting depicts a nude female sharing lunch with two fully clothed gentlemen while another woman bathes in the lake…interpret the scenario as you see fit.
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Sandra
July 23, 2024

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Ce fut une très belle découverte avec beaucoup d'émotions devant toutes ces œuvres rassemblés dans un lieu magique.Le personnel très prévenant et discret à la fois J'aurais beaucoup de plaisir à revenir dans votre musée.Merci beaucoup

Massimo
August 23, 2024

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Museo bellissimo anche dal punto di vista architettonico. Ampia accessibilità a tutti i piani. Opere d'arte posizionate e conservate nella struttura in maniera impeccabile. Da ritornare sicuramente.

Jeanette
August 7, 2024

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A stunning collection of art spanning centuries with, in my view, the most wonderful collection of Impressionist painters, in Europe. An absolute must if you're visiting Paris!

Sheena
August 4, 2024

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Hi I won't be using the museum QR code until 20th August 2024. Found the documents easy and efficient to get organised Kind regards Sheena Holohan

Martine
July 21, 2024

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Musée très hétéroclite donc intéressant , il manque peut être d'un sens de visite plus explicite , entre chaque salle d'exposition .

Alfred
July 24, 2024

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Superbe après-midi.L'expo consacrées aux impressionnistes aurait gagne à être mieux identifiée dès l'accès au musée.

Jonathan
August 19, 2024

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Was skeptical at first but the museum accepted the tickets and could skip the line too!

Graziella
July 26, 2024

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Mi piacerebbe che le spiegazioni delle opere fossero scritte in più lingue.

Ling
July 19, 2024

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I booked my ticket outside the museum and it was super fast and easy.

Leisa
July 20, 2024

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Love love loved it. Stunning artwork. Would go back in a heartbeat

Nicoletta
August 16, 2024

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Precisi, puntuali, organizzati... tutto perfetto.

Aranzazu
August 3, 2024

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Un museo que vale la pena ver de principio a fin!

Stephanie
July 18, 2024

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Easy to order tickets and jump the line!!

Loredana
July 26, 2024

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Prenotato intempo brevissimo...grazie

Olivier
August 2, 2024

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## The inside story

The collections of the Musée d’Orsay are situated in an ex-railway station that’s an architectural delight in its own right. Built for Paris’s 1900 Universal Exhibition, the station had to blend artfully into an area that is also home to the Louvre and the Palais de la Légion d'honneur. For this reason, its architect chose to clad the metal structure with fine masonry.

The new station was very modern in its time, introducing lifts for luggage, elevators for passengers, underground rail tracks and a hotel. Problems started in 1939 when trains became too long to fit the platforms and the station began to serve only suburban passengers. By 1973, the hotel was receiving fewer guests and closed.

For some time, there were discussions about demolishing the station and constructing a new hotel, but the building seemed an ideal site for a museum and was protected as a national monument in 1978. The new Musée D’Orsay opened in 1986 and retained many of the original architectural features, particularly the glass ceilings and huge clock face.

Opening times

9.30am-6.00pm daily, except Mondays (last entry 5.00pm)

Late night on Thursdays until 9.45pm (last entry 9.00pm)

CLOSED on Mondays, on 1 May and 25 December

About the museum

France’s national collection contains paintings, photography and sculpture from 1848 to 1914. The museum is especially well known for its Impressionist and post-Impressionist works by such artists as Monet, Manet, Degas, Renoir, Cézanne, Seurat, Sisley, Gauguin, and Van Gogh.

Less well known – but definitely worth your attention – is the large collection of stone and bronze sculpture, much of which was commissioned by wealthy people in the nineteenth century. The most famous of these are probably by sculptors Rodin and Degas.

People also often overlook the photography collections, which were among the first in France. Here, you’ll be able to follow the development of this art form from its earliest days and see over 45,000 photographs on display by artists such as Pierre Bonnard and Edgar Degas.

Address

Musée d'Orsay, 1, rue de la Légion d'Honneur, 75007 Paris

Getting there

By train:

RER line C to Musée d'Orsay

By Metro:

Line 12, to Solférino

By bus:

24, 63, 68, 69, 73, 83, 84, 94

By taxi:

Taxi stand at quai Anatole-France

Disabled parking:

2 places at 1 Place Montherlant

1 place at 5 rue de Bellechasse

1 place at 48 rue de Lille

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1 place at 81 rue de Lille

3 places at 8 rue de Solferino

1 place opposite 7 rue de Poitiers

3 places at 1 rue de Villersexel

1 place at 13 rue du Bac

3 places at 96 rue de l'Universite

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