Musée d'Orsay - Resources for Art Lovers
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Find out about the Musée d'Orsay
Pay a virtual visit to the Musée d'Orsay in Paris to see:
* Famous french art produced between the years 1848 and 1914.
* Famous paintings by the major Impressionist painters
* Whole rooms devoted to the work on one artist - including Monet; Cezanne, Van Gogh, and Degas
* How to fit a museum into a former railway station and create one of the very best museums in the world
In 2009, the Musée d'Orsay in Paris was the 3rd most popular museum in Paris and also ranked as the 8th most popular in the world.
If you cannot visit Paris, you can still see the art and feel as if you are in the museum by paying a virtual visit using some of the links listed on this site
You can find out about...
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- Musée d'Orsay - Official Website
- When can you visit the Musée d'Orsay?
- Books: Guides to the Museum
- Musée d'Orsay - Artists & Collections
- Musée d'Orsay - Events & Exhibitions
- The Musée d'Orsay - views from a visitor
- HOW TO: Sketch, Draw or Paint in the Musée d'Orsay
- Musée d'Orsay: Official website - History
- Art and Architecture Musee d'Orsay
- The Renovation of the Museum
- The Nouvel Orsay
- Blogging about the Musee d'Orsay
- Flickr - selection of artwork in the Musée d'Orsay
- Musée d'Orsay - French artists
- VIDEO: Claude Monet paintings in the Musée d'Orsay
- Musée d'Orsay - Dutch artists
- VIDEO: Van Gogh paintings in the Musée d'Orsay
- Musée d'Orsay - American artists
- Map of the Museum
- Where to eat in the Museum
- Art History & Museums in Paris
- Comments and Feedback
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Musée d'Orsay - Official Website
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- Musée d'Orsay: Home
- Access is available in Français, Deutsch, Español, Italiano and English
- Musée d'Orsay: The museum in 2011
- The renovation of the museum
As the end of 2009 approaches, the museum launches the museographic renovation of its Impressionist and Post-Impressionist galleries (located on the upper floor), as well as the four levels of the "Pavillon amont" that lead to it. A better display of artworks, larger exhibition areas and greater comfort for visitors, ensuring better circulation and more security, such are the aims of the works that are to continue throughout 2010. The lightning and the colour of the walls behind the paintings will be the object of particular attention.
The website of the Musee d'Orsay has been recently redesigned
When can you visit the Musée d'Orsay?
note the renovation of the museum (see above)
Due to the renovation which is taking place (2009-2011) you are advised to check for up to date information on the website.
- Musée d'Orsay: Opening hours and facilities
- Opening days and times of the Musée d'Orsay
- Musée d'Orsay: Bookshop-Gift shop
- Located at the entrance to the museum, the Musée d'Orsay's bookshop-gift shop is open from Tuesday to Sunday, from 9:30am to 6:30pm, with late night opening on Thursdays until 9:30pm.
- Musée d'Orsay: Facilities
- Cloakrooms
Loan of wheelchairs
Loan of pushchairs
Lifts
Toilets
Baby changing facilities
Books: Guides to the Museum
Musée d'Orsay - Artists & Collections
- Musée d'Orsay: Artists A -Z - Home
- This a brief inventory of artists with a document file in the general archive indicating their location. It's a tool particularly aimed at the researcher. This is why the artists presented here are in chronological sections shown in the documentation page.
Currently available on-line are details of some 18 600 architects, 12 700 photographers, 13 600 sculptors and 8 900 French painters, as well as artists who have a work in the museum. - Musée d'Orsay: Painting
- Painting
- Musée d'Orsay: Sculpture
- Sculpture
- Musée d'Orsay: Decorative arts
- Decorative arts
- Musée d'Orsay: Photography
- Photography
- Musée d'Orsay: Graphic arts
- Graphic arts
- Musée d'Orsay: Architecture
- Architecture
Musée d'Orsay - Events & Exhibitions
What's on Now - in Paris and around the world
Typically you go to the Musée d'Orsay to see the collection rather than exhibitions - but they do also have some amazing exhibitions from time to time
Works are travelling and Exhibitions are also being held around the world during the renovation works which started in 2010
- Musée d'Orsay: Now on
- A list of current exhibitions
- Musée d'Orsay: Claude Monet (1840-1926)
- Claude Monet (1840-1926) 22 September 2010 - 24 January 2011 Paris, Galeries nationales du Grand Palais
- Musée d'Orsay: Degas
- Degas | 18 September - 31 December 2010 | Yokohama, Museum of Art
- Musée d'Orsay: The Birth of impressionism. Masterpieces from the Musée d'Orsay
- The Birth of impressionism. Masterpieces from the Musée d'Orsay | 11 January 2010 - 23 January 2011 | Madrid, San Francisco, Nashville
- de Young. Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco
- Fundación MAPFRE
- Frist Center for Visual Arts - Musée d'Orsay: Van Gogh, Gauguin, Cézanne and Beyond : Post-impressionist Masterpieces from the Musée d'Orsay
- Van Gogh, Gauguin, Cézanne and Beyond : Post-impressionist Masterpieces from the Musée d'Orsay | 4 December 2009 - 18 January 2011 | Canberra, Tokyo, San Francisco
- National Art Center, Tokyo
- Video about the exhibition in Tokyo
- National Gallery of Australia - Musée d'Orsay: Shanghai World Expo 2010
- Shanghai World Expo 2010 | 1 May - 31 October 2010 | Shanghai, World Expo, French Pavillion
- Shanghai, World Expo, French Pavillion
- A Review of the Universal Exhibitions from 1851 to 1900
Seven masterpieces from the Orsay collections will be on display on the proposed trail for visitors to the French pavilion. These are Millet's Angelus, Manet's The Balcony, The Dance Hall at Arles by Van Gogh, Woman with a Coffee Pot by Cézanne, The Box by Bonnard, The Meal also called The Bananas by Gauguin and Rodin's The Bronze Age. This is an important first for China, as these masterpieces have never before been shown together outside of France. - Musée d'Orsay: Degas and the Nude
- 13 March - 1 July 2012
Musée d'Orsay
The first major monographic exhibition in Paris devoted to Edgar Degas (1834-1917) since the 1988 retrospective at the Grand Palais, Degas and the Nude contributes to the ambition of the Musée d'Orsay to show the recent progress in research regarding the great masters of the second half of the 19th Century - Musée d'Orsay: Degas and the Nude
- Detailed overview of the content of Degas and the Nude
- Degas and the Nude Level 0, Main exhibition area 13 March - 1 July 2012
- Press Release, Degas and the Nude
Level 0, Main exhibition area
13 March - 1 July 2012
The Musée d'Orsay - views from a visitor
blog posts from "Making A Mark" and "Travels with a Sketchbook"
This includes my blog posts about The Musée d'Orsay
- Making a Mark: The Musée d'Orsay
- The Musée d'Orsay is one my favourite museums for all sorts of reasons. I love the art. I love the the structure which contains it. I love where it's situated and I love the views from the roof over the Seine across to the Louvre with l'Opera and Monmartre in the distance.
- Making a Mark: Video: Vincent van Gogh at the Musée d'Orsay
- Today I'm highlighting my video of the room containing 18 Van Gogh paintings in the Musée d'Orsay
- Making a Mark: Video: Claude Monet at the Musée d'Orsay
- Here's the third in my series of posts about the Musée d'Orsay in Paris. Today I've got a video of the paintings of Claude Monet - you'll find you recognise an awful lot of them. The sound of the museum takes me right back to when I was there four weeks ago.
- Travels with a Sketchbook in.......: A day in the Musee d'Orsay - tips on sketching
- On our second day in Paris I visited the Musée d'Orsay and the Sennelier shop at Quai Voltaire (on the Left Bank, opposite the Louvre). Click this link to see a Google map of the places I visited - also shown below.
HOW TO: Sketch, Draw or Paint in the Musée d'Orsay
Freehand pencil sketches, not exceeding 30 x 60 cm, are allowed in the museum. Visiting Groups need to ask permission when the booking is made.
Copying museum works of art, by professional or amateur copyists, or by art school students, requires an individual authorisation. This is issued to one named person, and for a single work. The request must be submitted at least one month before the required date of entry to the museum. The permission is valid for three months, and may not be extended.
This is the link to the RULES ABOUT COPYING works in the Musee d'Orsay
Musée d'Orsay: Official website - History
History of the building and collections
- Musée d'Orsay: History of the building - A museum in a station
- The history of the museum, of its building is quite unusual. In the centre of Paris on the banks of the Seine, opposite the Tuileries Gardens, the museum was installed in the former Orsay railway station, built for the Universal Exhibition of 1900. So the building itself could be seen as the first "work of art" in the Musee d'Orsay, which displays collections of art from the period 1848 to 1914
- Musée d'Orsay: History of the collections
- Musée d'Orsay is a national museum which opened to the public on 9 December 1986. It focuses on the diversity of artistic creation in the western world between 1848 and 1914. It was formed with the national collections coming mainly from three establishments:
* from the Louvre museum, for the works of artists born after 1820 or coming to the fore during the Second Republic;
* from the Musée du Jeu de Paume, which since 1947 had been devoted to Impressionism;
* and lastly from the National Museum of Modern Art, which, when it moved in 1976 to the Centre Georges Pompidou, only kept works of artists born after 1870.
Art and Architecture Musee d'Orsay
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The Renovation of the Museum
a new museum in 2011
- Musée d'Orsay: The renovation of the museum and The museum in 2011
- As the end of 2009 approaches, the museum launches the museographic renovation of its Impressionist and Post-Impressionist galleries (located on the upper floor), as well as the four levels of the "Pavillon amont" that lead to it.
A better display of artworks, larger exhibition areas and greater comfort for visitors, ensuring better circulation and more security, such are the aims of the works that are to continue throughout 2010. The lightning and the colour of the walls behind the paintings will be the object of particular attention.
The Nouvel Orsay
Musee d'Orsay has undergone a major refurbishment of its Impressionist and Post-Impressionist galleries (located on the upper floor), as well as the four levels of the "Pavillon amont" that lead to it.
This will also be an opportunity to review the general circuit within the museum and give it greater coherence:
This has created a better display of artworks, larger exhibition areas and greater comfort for visitors, ensuring better circulation and more security.
* Impressionism (Manet, Degas, Monet, Cézanne, Renoir, Sisley...) on the 5th floor in a renovated gallery under the glass canopy,
* Post-Impressionism (Van Gogh, Gauguin, the school of Pont-Aven, Cross, Seurat, the Douanier Rousseau) on the middle level,
* the large Nabi decors and foreign schools of decorative arts in the "Pavillon amont".
* Plus there is also a new Café de l'Horloge on the 5th floor.
Below are links to the museum's website which explains the changes
Another major change is that photography is no longer allowed in the galleries.
- Musée d'Orsay: Towards the Nouvel Orsay
- After more than a year and a half of renovation works, the Musée d'Orsay is getting ready to reopen its newly renovated spaces.
- Musée d'Orsay: The museum in 2011
- At the end of 2009, the museum launched the renovation of its Impressionist and Post-Impressionist galleries (located on the upper floor), as well as the four levels of the "Pavillon amont"
- Musée d'Orsay: The Impressionist Gallery
- The large gallery on the fifth floor devoted to Impressionism has been truly transformed. There is dark wood flooring, and the walls are painted in a delicate grey allowing a full appreciation of all the chromatic nuances in the paintings
- Musée d'Orsay: The Amont Pavilion
- The interior of the Amont Pavilion, the station's former engine house, has been entirely reconstructed.
- Musée d'Orsay: Temporary exhibition area
- The former Column Gallery that accommodated the Neo-Impressionist works has been transformed into a large flexible space that can be adapted for future temporary exhibitions and that can include the adjoining rooms if required.
- Musée d'Orsay: The Café de l'Horloge
- The Campana brothers have completely redesigned and refurbished the Café de l'Horloge. Inspired by Emile Gallé, the two famous Brazilian designers created a dream-like aquatic ambiance that pays tribute to the great glassmaker from Lorraine, and to Art Nouveau.
- Musée d'Orsay: Copying, filming, photography
- It is forbidden to take pictures and to film in the museum. In the interests of the safety of works and visitors, and to ensure a more pleasurable visit, photography and filming are no longer allowed in the museum galleries.
- Musée d'Orsay's 'renaissance' casts impressionism in spectacular new light | Art and design | The Observer
- The French museum's renovation has brought the grandeur of its 19th-century masterpieces back to life
Blogging about the Musee d'Orsay
Blog posts i've written about a visit to the Musee d'Orsay or an exhibition at the Musee d"Orsay
- MAKING A MARK: Major Degas exhibition opens in Paris
- A major exhibition of work by Edgar Degas (1834-1917) opens at the Musée d'Orsay in Paris on Tuesday 13th March. Degas and the Nude has been organised jointly by the Musée d'Orsay and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
- MAKING A MARK: The Musée d'Orsay
- The Musée d'Orsay is one my favourite museums for all sorts of reasons. I love the art. I love the the structure which contains it. I love where it's situated and I love the views from the roof over the Seine across to the Louvre with l'Opera and Monmartre in the distance.
- MAKING A MARK: Video: Vincent van Gogh at the Musée d'Orsay
- Following yesterday's post about the Musée d'Orsay in Paris, today I'm highlighting my video of the room containing 18 Van Gogh paintings in the Musée d'Orsay (usual YouTube /
watch in HD). - MAKING A MARK: Video: Claude Monet at the Musée d'Orsay
- Here's the third in my series of posts about the Musée d'Orsay in Paris. Today I've got a video of the paintings of Claude Monet. This is the link to Claude Monet Paintings in the Musée d'Orsay on my You Tube channel (HD version) - you'll find you recognise an awful lot of them. The sound of the museum takes me right back to when I was there four weeks ago.
- Travels with a Sketchbook in.......: A day in the Musee d'Orsay - tips on sketching
- You can also copy works in the museum as follows. The museum makes a distinction between freehand drawing (including sketching) and people who want to set up an easel and copy paintings (by sight-size methods presumably).
Flickr - selection of artwork in the Musée d'Orsay
Plus an update on rules about photographing or filming artwork
In September 2009 I visited the Musee d'Orsay. Back then you were allowed to take photographs for personal use so long as you don't use flash.
Unfortunately the Museum has now decided that it is FORBIDDEN to take pictures and to film in the museum. This is the relevant quote from the website
In the interests of the safety of works and visitors, and to ensure a more pleasurable visit, photography and filming are no longer allowed in the museum galleries. This measure has been introduced in view of the increased number of visitors taking photographs "at arm's length" using mobile phones.
IN 2009 I took a lot of photographs so I could study them afterwards. It's difficult with the crowds to always get uninterrupted time in front of a painting. It's also helpful because I can zoom in and study brushwork and mark-making at leisure.
It's very difficult to get a dead straight one no distortion photograph! Photographing at a slight angle seems to avoid the worst of reflections. I've also learned to remember to take photographs of the label for each painting so I've got an accurate record of what I've seen.
This is a small sample of the works on display in my Flickr set - Musee d'Orsay
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Musée d'Orsay - French artists
These are websites about some of the important French artists whose work you can see in the Musee d'Orsay
Monet's version of Dejeuner sur l'Herbe (Luncheon on the Grass)
Musée d'Orsay - Dutch artists
This is a website about Van Gogh whose work you can see in the Musee d'Orsay
Detail from a self-portrait of Vicent Van Gogh
Musée d'Orsay - American artists
These are websites about some of the important American artists whose work you can see in the Musee d'Orsay
BOOKS: Art History of the period
Map of the Museum
- Musée d'Orsay: Museum floorplan
- Searchable map - enter the name of an artist and it shows you where the work is. Try searching for Degas whose work is in various places in the museum.
The Restaurant at the top of the Musee D'Orsay
Where to eat in the Museum
- Musée d'Orsay: Restaurant
- Musée d'Orsay Restaurant Fabrice Vallon
A historic location with a contemporary look - Jean-Michel Wilmotte's new layout sets the tone.
The French cuisine is equally impressive with its blends and contrasts. Chef Yann Landureau and his team have developed traditional French dishes characterised by contrasting flavours of mild spices, subtle combinations of sweet and savoury, and delicate touches of colour in each dish. - Musée d'Orsay: The Café des Hauteurs and terrace
- At the top of the Museum, near the Impressionist galleries, is the Café des Hauteurs, one of the most frequented areas of the museum. It is easily found behind one of the large clocks overlooking the river Seine.
The terrace, open from May to October, weather permitting, offers a splendid view of the great monuments of the Right Bank: the Louvre, Opera, Sacré Coeur, etc.
Here you can enjoy light refreshments, exquisitely prepared and promptly served in a café-style atmosphere - Musée d'Orsay: Mezzanine
- Above the Café des Hauteurs there is an exceptional view of the clock from the Mezzanine, a self-service restaurant offering a wide range of products and flavours from around the world: seasonal soups, salads, a selection of baguettes and club sandwiches, not forgetting the large choice of desserts, confectionery and drinks (tea, coffee, flavoured water, soft drinks, etc).
Open: 10am to 5pm
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