Для любителей импрессионизма For lovers of impressionism

Rating 7110

The museum is located on the banks of the Seine, opposite the Louvre and the Tuileries Gardens, and was built as a Paris station for a railway company serving the southwest of France. In 1939, the station stopped its work, and in subsequent years it was used for a variety of purposes. In 1945, at the end of World War II, it was turned into a transit point for prisoners of war, and in 1973 it housed a theater. Since 1974, the building has been the venue for auctions. In the 1980s, the Musé e d'Orsay architects restored most of the original structures. For example, the main hall was opened, and its glass arches and naves became visible. When you enter the museum, you still have the feeling that you are at the station with a huge number of bustling passengers. Maybe we were so unlucky and there were a huge number of visitors, but the feeling that you are looking for your platform to send by train remains.
The works of the Impressionists are widely represented here: Manet, Cezanne, Gauguin, Monet and Renoir, however, in addition to them, you can see paintings by Ingres and Delacroix, as well as works by long-forgotten participants in Parisian exhibitions of the past. One of the galleries is dedicated to the work of Toulouse-Lautrec, the other Courbet. There are sculptures by Rodin, which are adjacent to the extravagant glass of the representatives of Art Nouveau Lalique and Galle. The museum even has furniture by the famous American architect of the 20th century, Frank Lloyd Wright. I recommend it to anyone who loves this kind of art.