The Musée d'Orsay is located on the Seine River in the former Gare d'Orsay (train station). The interior is gorgeous being the main hall of the former station, not to mention the iconic clock from which one can see Sacre-Coeur even on a rainy day.
Some of our favorites starting with City Dance (left), Country Dance (r) by Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Le Bassin aux nymphéas, harmonie rose by Claude Monet
Femme au fichu vert by Camille Pissarro.
Dance at le Moulin de la Galette by Pierre-Auguste Renoir
The Luncheon by Claude Monet
La Dame aux éventails by Edouard Manet
The Dance Class (left), Danseuses Bleues (r) by Edgar Degas
Portrait of the Artist with the Yellow Christ by Paul Gauguin
The Van Gogh room was busy of course.
A group of paintings of women by Pierre Bonnard.
La loge (The Box) by Pierre Bonnard
A few photos from the Art Nouveau rooms featuring works from France, Belgium, and Italy. The curved desk was amazing - the photo does not do it justice.
Evening by James Tissot
Joaquín Sorolla is one of our favorite painters. It was great to his "Return from Fishing" occupy a special spot.
Sketching class.
Special Exhibition: Edvard Munch. A Poem of Life, Love and Death.
The Cliff at Etretat after the Storm by Gustave Courbet.
La lecture and "Olympia"by Edouard Manet.
Gleaners and The Spinner by Jean-François Millet
Done. We walk home across the Seine and through our quiet neighbor.
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