Paris 2010

Paris 2010
Garden at Versailles

Thursday, October 28, 2010

Paris Museums

One of the best museums we visited in Paris was the Musee d'Orsay (Museum d'Orsay).  This museum is in a beautiful former train station in the heart of Paris along the Seine.  The museum itself is a work of art.  The museum houses the largest collection of Impressionist art in Europe, featuring artists such as Monet, Manet, Renoir, Degas, Van Gogh and Cezanne.  I love Impressionist art.  You will also see works from such artists as Gauguin, Seurat and Toulouse-Lautrec.  The famous painting Portrait of the Artist's Mother (Whistler's Mother) is also at the d'Orsay but I don't remember seeing it.

Another favorite museum in Paris is the Musee de l'Orangerie which houses Monet's Water Lilies on eight hugh curved panels in four rooms.  The water lilies are in the pond at Monet's famous garden in Giverney.










4 comments:

  1. Wow, I didn't the water lily paintings were so LARGE! That must have been amazing to see.

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  2. I like the way the Monet is displayed. Impresses me- Is it really 4 paintings? He probably did many of them. I would love to see it!
    The picture of January and Jon looks like a painting! Beautiful. I mean the one where they are sitting at the table.
    The coffee love picture is neat, too.

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  3. These Monet's were very unique. They had comfy benches where people could sit and gaze and contemplate the beauty!

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  4. I got those pictures of Jon and January from an online Vanity Fair article. They are two of the most beautiful people and I think Jon should be People magazine's Sexiest Man Alive next year!!

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