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See the notice of the artwork. Far from being frozen in the legacy handed down by the Musée du Luxembourg, the Musée national d’art moderne, and the Louvre, the Musée d'Orsay’s collections of paintings can be seen to be constantly evolving.
Oct 10, 2023 · The Musee d’Orsay is a magnificent museum filled with 19th century artistic treasures. Remember, these are only five of the masterpieces of the collection, there are many more!
Prêt d'œuvres · Les 150 ans de l'impressionnisme : 1874 - 2024.
- La Rue Montorgueil by Claude Monet
- Olympia by Édouard Manet
- The Absinthe Drinker (L’Absinthe) by Edgar Degas
- The Church in Auvers by Vincent Van Gogh
- The Luncheon on The Grass (Le Déjeuner Sur L’Herbe) by Édouard Manet
- Blue Water Lilies by Claude Monet
- The Angelus by Jean François Millet
- The Floor Scrapers (Les Raboteurs de parquet) by Gustave Caillebotte
- A Burial at Ornans by Gustave Courbet
- Starry Night Over The Rhône by Vincent Van Gogh
This 1878 painting is seen as a work of celebration. It depicts the June 30, 1878 celebration promoting peace and work by the reigning Republican party and was held to encourage national pride. France’s national colors (red, white, and blue) are painted in Monet’s Impressionist style and the frolicking brushstrokes imitate the waving flags and cele...
Édouard Manet is considered the father of modernism, and his work was often met with staunch criticism in Paris and Olympiawas no exception. Olympia was painted in 1863 and caused a major scandal when first shown at the Paris Salon in 1865. Critics considered it to be profane and unacceptable due to the fact that Manet reworked the classical nude i...
Unlike his fellow Impressionist colleagues, Degas often painted urban scenes. The Absinthe Drinker or In a Café as sometimes known is one of the most famous paintings by Edgar Degas. Painted between 1875-186, it depicts a fashionable man and woman sitting together at a table but are painted in such a way that they also seem completely alone. They h...
The name Vincent van Gogh has become synonymous with troubled artistry. A struggling painter, he was often in and out of mental institutions while his brother financially supported his artistic endeavors. After a stay at a psychiatric hospital, Van Gogh settled in Auvers-sur-Oise, and painted many of his works there! Among them is The Church at Auv...
The Luncheon on the Grass or Le Déjeuner sur l’herbein French is no doubt the most famous painting by Édouard Manet. Painted in 1862 and 1863, Manet tried to pay homage to European art but his boldness counterbalanced that and the public found the nude woman sitting among clothed men having a picnic ridiculous. The painting was the subject of ridic...
Monet was a prolific Impressionist artist during his lifetime, and his Water Lilies paintings are a testament to that. During the last 30 years of his life, Monet’s pond and his garden in Giverny became his sole inspiration and he created 250 works centered around them. This particular iteration, hanging among other famous art in Musee d’Orsay, was...
The Angelusis a prayer spoken to commemorate when the angel Gabriel came unto Mary, although Millet was not a churchgoer and this painting (1857-1859) was inspired by childhood memories. In 1865, Millet said: “The idea for The Angelus came to me because I remembered that my grandmother, hearing the church bell ringing while we were working in the f...
Caillebotte was one of the first French painters to depict city workers and urban life, and his 1875 work that depicts floor scrapersis among his best. Although this is considered to be a Realist work focusing on technique rather than moral message, Caillebotte was actually an accomplished Impressionist. He decided to join the Impressionists after ...
Courbet led the Realism movement of the 19thcentury and this 1849-1850 work is his first monumental painting. He used a canvas size usually reserved for “noble” or “religious” subject matters and painted an ordinary burial scene and critics did not like it! They thought the people were too ugly and the scene too ordinary for a grandiose canvas. How...
Starry Night Over the Rhôneis one of the famous paintings at Musée d’Orsay. It depicts the view of the reflection of the stars and lights on water from a quay on the east side of the River Rhône with the Great Bear Constellation in the night sky. Van Gogh was fixated on portraying the beauty of the night sky, similar to what he expressed in letters...
- P-A. Renoir – Bal du Moulin de la Galette (1876) (Dance at Moulin de la Galette) A reference in early Impressionism, Renoir’s most important masterpiece captures the frenzy and joyful atmosphere of a popular dance in Montmartre.
- C. Monet – Nymphéas Bleus (1916) (Blue Water Lilies) This big painting is only one of the approximately 250 ones of the Nymphéasseries by Monet. Nymphéasis the scientific name for Water Lilies, a water plant that Monethad grown in a pond in his beautiful gardens in Giverny, in Normandy.
- V. Van-Gogh – L’ Autoportrait (1889) (The Self-Portrait) While the Musée d’Orsay paintings collection houses multiple works by Van Gogh, this one is certainly a highlight.
- E. Manet – Le Déjeuner sur l’Herbe (1863) (The Luncheon on the Grass) In terms of must-see Musée d’Orsay paintings, The Luncheon on the Grassby Manet ranks pretty high.
In this article, we’ll take a look at 10 of the most famous Musée d Orsay paintings that are widely considered to be must-see works of art. Famous Musee d Orsay Paintings 1. Bal du Moulin de la Galette – Pierre-Auguste Renoir
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The Musée d’Orsay is located in a former railway station and hotel, the Gare d’Orsay, in Paris. Its collection is focused primarily on French art from the second half of the 19th century and early years of the 20th. It is among Paris’s most popular museums, and these 21 paintings are just a sampling of its holdings.
