Musée d'Orsay - Resources for Art Lovers

Musée d'Orsay - Official Website - 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

The Musée d'Orsay - views from a visitor 

blog posts from "Making A Mark" and "Travels with a Sketchbook"

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.

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.

Musée d'Orsay - Opening Hours 

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

Musée d'Orsay - 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.

Musée d'Orsay - Where to eat 

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