20 THE GREATEST ART COLLECTIONS OF ORSAY MUSEUM

Orsay Museum or the Musee d'Orsay is one of the leading art galleries in the world. The museum building is located in the former railway station building. If you are a fan of art and even more about the painting, the d'Orsay museum you should not miss because you can enjoy the paintings of some of the world famous painters such as Claude Monet and Van Gogh. And besides The Romance Of Eiffel, a lot of people come to Paris just to visit the Museum d'Orsay.

Main Collection of Orsay Museum

Many beautiful works of art from the period 1848-1914 and includes The Impressionists work that you can enjoy in Orsay Museum. The building of the former train station was built in 1900 and used until 1939. The museum building then used as an auction hall and theater and was nearly destroyed in the mid-1970s. And in 1977 the station was used as the magnificent Museum d'Orsay. You can linger at the Musee d'Orsay because all the collection on display gives a deep impression on you, especially for fans of art objects. The following are some incredible art collection that can be found in the Orsay Museum.

Musee d'Orsay Building

 

Orsay Museum - Musee d'Orsay

Spacious and bright atmosphere scenery will accompany you when entering the Orsay Museum from the front. You can see and observe the art of architecture of the building's former train station. Orsay Museum is located on the edge of the river which adds artistic value and offers an amazing atmosphere.

Dancing at Moulin de la Galette

You can see a work of Renoir (1841-1919). This Impressionist painting is one of the most famous paintings that show the atmosphere and scenery Montmarte. Dancing at Moulin de la Galette is one collection that you must visit at the Musee d'Orsay.

La Belle Angele

Paul Gauguin (1848-1903) made ​​a painting of La Belle Angele in 1889. This portrait of a beautiful Brittany woman Brittany is also influenced by Japanese art and then purchased by Degas. From the sale of these beautiful painting, Gaugin made ​​his first trip to Polynesia.

Statues of Dancers

Edgar Degas (1834-1901), an artist who had bought painting of La Belle Angele from Gaugin, making sculptures dancers who have a variety of poses. The only works that Degas exhibited while he was alive is Young Dancer of Fourteen (1881).

Jane Avril Dancing

You can also enjoy the works of Toulouse-Lautrec (1864-1901) featuring the belle epoque Paris. And Jane Avril is Moulin Rouge dancers are shown in the some of his works such as canvas in 1895.

Le Dejeuner sur I'Herbe

 

Le Dejeuner sur I'Herbe

Edoard Manet (1832-1883) made ​​a painting with a depiction of a woman with classic style accompanied by a man who wore a typical of 19th century in 1863. This painting became controversial and was criticized by many parties. You will not feel disappointed to see this beautiful painting, which was originally exhibited at the Exhibition of Rejected Works.

Olympia

In addition to seeing the work of Manet's controversial painting above, you can also enjoy his other works, Olympia. This work describes the naked showgirl who received flowers from her admirers. By critics and the public, Manet's work was considered too dared. But, then became one of the influential works of art to the world.

Blue Waterlilies

 

Blue Waterlilies - Monet

For those of you who are a fan of paintings, must be familiar with this painting. Beautiful canvas painting from 1919 is a famous work of Claude Monet (1840-1926). Blue Waterlilies is also an experimental work that has inspired many abstract painters in the 20th century. And you certainly feel proud to see one of the famous paintings in the world.

Van Gogh Paintings

 

Bedroom at Arles - Van Gogh

Who is not familiar with Vincent Van Gogh (1853-1890). In the world paintings history, it was included in the ranks of the most famous and influential painters. And from all the canvases were exhibited in the Orsay Museum, the most interesting is Bedroom at Arles (1889). In addition, you can also see the self-portrait painting which has a special characteristic from Van Gogh.

Café des Hauteurs

Pretty tired after driving around looking beautiful works at the Musee d'Orsay, you can relaxing and take a break at the Café des Hauteurs which is located behind the former at the stations. You can enjoy the delicious food served with a pervading infinite satisfaction for having witnessed the best art collection of Orsay Museum.

Amazing Art Collection of Orsay Museum

Besides the main collection of the Musee d'Orsay above, you can also enjoy the wonderful collections and other precious as the Impressionist Works, The Post-Impressionists, the School of Pont-Aven, Art Nouveau, Symbolism, Romanticism, Sculpture, Naturalism, so wayward prophets and Photography Collections. For that, let us refer one by one on a brief overview of the amazing art collection of Musee d’Orsay.

The Impressionists

In this museum you will find one of the best collections of Impressionist painting in the world. you can enjoy the beautiful works from Monet, Renoir and Manet. As we know, the price of Impressionist painting is considered as benchmark in the art world financial barometer. For example, one of the lotus painting works by Monet sold for U.S. $ 80 million in 2008.

Claude Monet

A little about the Impressionists. Impressionist movement is considered as the starting point of the development of modern art and is probably the most famous art movement in the world and favored. As evidenced by some Impressionist works sold at auction with a very high price. Moreover, it is also seen from visitors who enjoyed the Impressionist painting at the Orsay Museum.

Impressionist movement began in France and almost all the main figures are from this country, including British artist who was born in Paris, Alfred Sisley. Impressionism is reaction against the formality and classicism were imposed in the Academie des Beaux-Arts in Paris which is a major arts authority at that time and determine what should and what should not be exhibited in the Paris Salon.

Actually, the term Impressionism was created by a critic who commented on the style from Monet painting in 1872, Impression: Sunrise in the magazine. Then, Monet adopted the term. Moreover, this style is is very influential on artists such as Van Gogh and continues to experience significant regeneration in the art of the 19th century and the 20th. And you can see these paintings at the Musee d'Orsay.

The Post-Impressionists

Besides the work of the Impressionist artists, the work of other artists who followed the new interpretation of Impressionism also exhibited at the Orsay Museum. You can see the fascinating works of Toulouse-Lautrec, Matisse and Van Gogh.

School of Pont-Aven

You can see the House of Pleasure (1901), a panel carved doors made ​​by Paul Gaugin, one of the main figures of group of artists associated with the Pont-Aven in Brittany.

Photography Collections

For you who really love photography, in the Orsay Museum, you can also enjoy some 10,000 ancient photos like works of Degas, Bonnard and Julia Margaret Cameron (1815-1879).

Romanticism

One of the major works were exhibited is The Tiger Hunt (1854) the work of Eugene Delacroix (1798-1863). From the work of Romance, you can enjoy the artist attempt to raise awareness of the spiritual world.

The Nabis

This Nabis movement using the elements of art as decoration. And you can see the work of one of the exponents of this Nabis movement, Pierre Bonnard (1867-1947).

Art Nouveau

In this section, you can see the unique chandeliers and bottles, the work of Rene-Jules Lalique (1860-1945). Art Nouveau is associated with Paris because the Metro station doors were built in the same style.

Symbolism

 

Whistler Mother

At Symbolism collection, you can enjoy the the work of various artists such as Edvard Munc (1863-1944), Gustav Klimt (1862-1918) and the portrait of  James Whistler Mother (1834-1903).

Naturalism

Naturalist artists put more emphasis on the natural theme in the work that they create. As seen on Haymaking (1877) by Jules Bastien-Lepage (1848-1884).

Sculptures

For a collection of sculptures, you can see incredible works of a sculptor and artist, Aguste Rodin (1840-1917). And the satirist carving of the politicians, the work of Honore Daumier (1808-1879).

That's some incredible art collections and the best in the world which you can enjoy in the Orsay Museum. When you enter the gallery, you should take a map so you can easily explore all the space museum. Escalator located near the entrance to the third floor of the building.

The ground floor contains a beautiful works of the early to mid 19th century and some interesting Oriental works, decorative arts exhibitions, and also the bookstores. For the second level, contains Naturalist and Symbolism paintings. Then the terraces that exhibit gracefully sculptures. While the upper floor is a gallery of Impressionists and Post-Impressionists.

If you want to unwind for a while, every Thursday you can visit the museum restaurant serving lunch and dinner. For munchies and drinks, try the café Des Hauteurs on the upper floor or Mezzanine café. You can also enjoy regularly musical concerts which held in the Musee d'Orsay.

Maybe this is all that I can give about the remarkable art collections that exhibited in the Orsay Museum or the Musee d'Orsay. And for those of you who love to visit the museum, you can also enjoy Louvre And Her Most Beautiful Collections. Hopefully this little article can be a reference for you who love traveling and visiting attractive tourist destination. See you in the next article about The Best Tourist Attractions In Paris and the other in the world. Have a nice day.

LOUVRE AND HER MOST BEAUTIFUL COLLECTIONS

Louvre Museum or Musee du Louvre is the largest museum in the world. The Louvre Museum has lots of the best collection of antiques and works of art in the world. Even the number of collections of this Museum in Paris has reached 1848 items and also contains about 35,000 other precious objects. And one of the most famous collections in the world is the MONA LISA, the work of Leonardo da Vinci.

A little review of the history of the Louvre Museum. Louvre building was built by King Philippe-Aguste in 1190, but the king who first inhabited Louvre was Charles V (1364-1380). Then Francois I make this building a palace with a Renaissance style and start the royal art collection with 12 paintings from Italy in the 16th century. 1793 Louvre opened to the public by the revolutionaries. And napoleon make this building became a museum.

Louvre Museum

Besides Charles V (1364-1380), some well-known figure, also once inhabited Louvre such as Henri II (1547-1549), Catherine de 'Medici (1519-1589), Henri IV (1589-1610), Louis XIII (1610-1643 ), Louis XIV (1643-1715), Anne d'Autrice (1601-1666), Gauillaume Coustou (1677-1746), Edme Bouchardon (1698-1762), and Francois Boucher (1703-1770).

After a little about the history Louvre Museum, now is the time to go back to the initial topic of the Louvre and her most beautiful collections. In this greatest museums in the world, you can enjoy the works of famous artists and also other historic items. Starting from the Venus de Milo, the Mona Lisa, Glass Pyramid, Marly Horses, The Raft of the Medusa, The Winged Victory of Samothrace, Slaves, Medieval moats, Perrault's Colonnade, The Lacemaker until precious collections such as French Paintings, Islamic Art, Objects d 'Art, Paintings Dutch, Italian Sculpture, Paintings Italian, French Sculpture, Oriental Antiquities, Antiquities Greek, and Egyptian Antiquities.

The Main Tourist Destination of Louvre Museum

• Mona Lisa

Especially for the Mona Lisa, maybe I will talk more than the others because as the author of this blog, I am very interested in the history of Italian art, especially Renaissance period, especially when talking about Leonardo da Vinci. He...he...he...

 

Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci

Mona Lisa also known as La Gioconda, which according to many opinions and rumors, Gioconda is the name of the husband of the model in the painting of Mona Lisa. But now, a lot of speculation that da Vinci himself is the object of this portrait painting. Irrespective of the controversy, the Mona Lisa is a painting which a very high value in terms of any kind.

Mona Lisa showing enigmatic smile of the model who was drugged every person who saw it. Masterpiece is showing paintings by the mastery of two techniques. The first is the Sfumato which is a smooth transition between colors. And the second is Chiaroscuro, a combination of contrast between light and shadow.

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) was an extraordinary person. Not only a great painter, but he was also an architect, engineer, sculptor and scientist. And some his achievements include aerodynamic and anatomical studies. Leonardo was born in the town of Vinci. He studied art in Florence artist named Andrea del Verrocchio. Then he worked on the Duke of Milan as a military engineer and architect. And at the moment working on the Duke of Milan, Leonardo da Vinci made one of the most famous paintings in the world, The Last Supper in 1495. After that, he decided to return to Florence and worked as an architect for Cesare Borgia and began painting the Mona Lisa (1503-1506).

Leonardo da Vinci

Mona Lisa is a favorite painting of da Vinci. And he always brought the painting wherever he went. Also when Francois I brought Leonardo to France in 1516. Then he lived in a house near Amboise in the Loire Valley until he died three years later. And the Mona Lisa is the only portrait of Leonardo da Vinci's enigmatic masterpiece were found.

This painting of a woman with the mysterious smile has been restored very well. You can enjoy the beauty of the Mona Lisa in the Louvre first floor. And the best time to enjoy this famous paintings in the world are in the morning or afternoon because the museum is not too crowded.

• Venus de Milo

 

Venus de Milo

After long enough talk about the Mona Lisa, now turned into a sculpture found on the island of Milos, Greece in 1820, Venus de Milo. This beautiful sculpture dating from the late 2nd century BC. You can enjoy this sleeveless statue at the end of the corridor on the ground floor and dramatically illuminated so that adds the beauty of Venus de Milo.

• Marly Horses

You can enjoy this horse statue of Coustou that being soothed by the horse tamer's on the ground floor of the Louvre. This horse statue carved in 1745 to commemorate the Chateau de Marly-owned Louis XIV. And the replica of Marly Horses are near Place de la Concerde.

• The Raft of the Medusa

 

The Raft of the Medusa

The Raft of the Medusa is a painting of a shipwreck with an atmosphere where victims see the screen on the horizon. This Romantic style painting was created in 1819 by Theodore Gericault (1791-1824) who was inspired by the true story of a shipwreck three years before this painting was made. The Raft of the Medusa is located on the first floor of Musee du Louvre.

• The Winged Victory of Samothrace

You can enjoy these treasures on the first floor of the Louvre. This Hellenistic treasures from 2-3 century BC is on the top of stone boat that looked strong and stately to commemorate the naval victory of Rhodes.

• Slaves

The two statues of slaves (1513-1520) created by Michelangelo to be placed on the the tomb of Pope Julius II in the Rome. The statue was not completed and it looks like trying to live and to rise from their rigidity. You can enjoy this beautiful Michelangelo’s carved on the Louvre first floor.

• The Lacemaker

The Lacemaker is a famous painting by Jan Vermeer made ​​in 1665. This painting shows a woman with a simple impression of everyday life but highlight the incredible beauty. The Lacemaker is one of the flagship Dutch collections in the the Louvre. And you can enjoy this painting in the second floor of the museum.

• Medieval Moats

You can also enjoy other artifacts such as the remains of a medieval fortress that was found at the excavation in the 1980s. You can also look at the drawbridge framework and tower foundation of the Medieval moats.

• Perraults's Colonnade

For those of you who love the art of architecture, you have to visit the eastern part of Louvre. In there, you will find a part of the museum with the magnificent pillars designed by Claude Perrault (1613-1688). The building is part of a Louvre development plan by Louis XIV.

• Glass Pyramid

 

Glass Pyramid of Louvre

This icons of the Louvre museum is located in the museum courtyard. A famous Pyramid in France was designed by IM Pei and an became entrance of Louvre since 1989. This pyramid is not made ​​of stone, it is made with stainless steel tube construction as high as 21 meters. It's better if you enjoy the Louvre Pyramid at night because Pyramid is lit brightly.

Besides the main tourist destinations of Musee du Louvre above, you can also enjoy the wonderful collections and other precious arts such as French Paintings, Islamic Art, Objects d'Art, Paintings Dutch, Italian Sculpture, Paintings Italian, French Sculpture, Oriental Antiquities, Greek Antiquities and Egyptian Antiquities. For that, let us consider one by one on a brief overview of these collections. And I would sort by the location of these collections in the Louvre.

Lower Floor Louvre Collection

• French Sculpture

You can find this masterpiece of French Sculpture such as Marly Horses, the works of Pierre Puget and Tomb of Phileppe Pot, a famous work of Antoine le Moiturier which are in glass-roofed courtyard. In addition to the lower floor, you can also find other French Sculpture in the ground floor of Musee du Louvre.

• Italian Sculpture

Slaves of Michelangelo. Madonna and Child, Donatello works from the 15th century. Intrigued by that charismatic statue? You can enjoy this beautiful works of the Renaissance in collection of Italian Sculpture. Besides in lower floor, you can also find this collection in first floor of the museum.

• Islamic Art

In the lower floor of the Louvre, you can also enjoy a collection of objects which draw the history of Islam from the 7th century until time of the Ottoman Empire (14th century until 19th century). Islamic Art collection is also located on the first floor.

Ground Floor Louvre Collection

• Egyptian Antiquities

For fans of antiques and ancient Egyptian history, you may find interesting things that in ground floor of the Louvre. Although it is outside Egypt, you can enjoy the best collection of objects which includes the funeral, animal mummies, giant sarcophagus until a very famous antiquities such as Seated Scribe of Sakkara and Sphinx in the tomb. Moreover, you can also see the intricate carvings which depict the daily life of Ancient Egypt in this place.

• Greek Antiquities

Besides the collection of Ancient Egypt, in this place you can also enjoy the beautiful art of ancient Greece such as classical marble statue from the 5th century BC, the god of Cycladic sculptures from the third millennium BC until the Hellenistic work of the late 3rd century and to 2nd BC.

• Oriental Antiquities

An amazing collection of Oriental Antiquities includes reconstruction of Assyrian king temple and a historic artifacts such as the world's oldest written law, the Codex of Hammurabi from the 18th century BC. Very interesting and intriguing isn’t it?

First Floor Louvre Collection

• Object d'Art

In this place, you can enjoy interesting art objects were exhibited. There is a collection of jewelry, ceramics and other unique objects from various eras and countries. And perhaps unique stuff from your country is in there.

• Italian Paintings

In this place, a large collection of valuable works of Leonardo da Vinci, including the Mona Lisa. Italian Paintings is one of the producers of the works of the best and most beautiful painting in the world, especially from the Middle Ages or the Renaissance age. And the French nobility, collecting a lot of Italian paintings and arts starting from 1200s-1800s. You will definitely linger enjoy some most beautiful paintings in the world which found in the Louvre Museum.

Second Floor Louvre Collection

• Dutch Paintings

Dutch painting is one measure of the value of art of a valuable painting. You can enjoy the works of famous painters such as Rembrandt who was seeded in this place. There was also potrait painting by Frans Hals and local sights by Vermeer.

• French Paintings

Besides in the first floor of the Louvre, French painting also exhibited in second floor of the museum. There are lots of great collections from the 14th century until 1848. You can enjoy the beauty of a painting by JH. Fragonard, Georges de la Tour and jean Watteau.

That's the wonderful and precious collections that you can enjoy in the Louvre or the Musee du Louvre. Besides works of art and other beautiful objects, you can also visit Le Café Marly that located in Richelieu Wing or the food court in Carrousel du Louvre. Whereas for those of you who want to visit an exclusive restaurant, you can reserve a place in Grand Louvre restaurant that located just below the Glass Pyramid.

You can buy tickets online or directly except on Friday in porte des Lions entrance who located in the west end of the Denon Wing. The main entrance is under the Louvre pyramid. If you already have a ticket, you can go from there or from the Rue de Rivoli. Besides buying tickets online and at the entrance porte des Lions, you can also buy tickets in Carrousel du Louvre.

Entrance to the Louvre Museum connected with Sully wing, Richelieu and Denon. As we have discussed above, the exhibition laid out neatly and attractive in accordance with the country of origin. To complete your traveling in the Louvre, you can enjoy events such as temporary exhibitions and contemporary art held in Pavilion area des Sessions in Denon.

It was a little information about Louvre and her most beautiful collections . Actually a lot of things which can be said about the Louvre Museum. Start from the history of the building, characters involved, until the role of the Louvre to the development of French, and others. But because I'm not a curator, historian or professor, so this is all I can give to you and the traveler. Thank you for reading the small writing. And may be useful. See you in the next article.