The Musée d’Orsay
Thursday, June 12, 2014
12.06.2014 - 13.06.2014
Musée d'Orsay - and they are again allowing photos inside the museum
Musée d'Orsay photos from a previous trip
Ed coughed most of the night so after breakfast we visited our neighborhood pharmacy for some medicine. I had a notice of a “perturbation” on our line #12 Metro so we walked over to the Palais Royal-Louvre #1 Metro to discover the station closed. Not knowing if it was part of the ongoing strikes or something else, we decided to save Vincennes for another day and walked back to the Musée d’Orsay where, oddly, there was no line. We paid for the special Van Gogh-Arnaud exhibit and entered. It was a fantastic exhibit marred only by the people who kept pushing cell phones in front of our faces. Photos are not allowed anyplace in the newly-renovated Orsay but the guards can’t keep up with all the violators. Pity. Despite the photographic mob scene, we thoroughly enjoyed the marvelous exhibit . . . Van Gogh’s from all over the world. (Postscript: The Orsay has lifted their photo ban and you are now allowed to take pictures again. Quelle relief.)
Musée d'Orsay photos from a previous trip
Musée d'Orsay, photos from a previous trip
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The Angelus by Jean-François Millet
After viewing the special exhibit, we found a seat to rest and then found the Millet collection Ed so enjoys. Then we went to the top floor and through the Impressionist collection, a favorite of both of ours. [Musée d’Orsay, 1 Rue de la Légion d'Honneur, 75007 Paris; tel: +33 (0)1 4049-4814; Musée d’Orsay web site]
The Gleaners by Jean-François Millet
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Entrance to the Musée d'Orsay
It was very late for lunch, almost the two o’clock witching hour so we walked back to our apartment and left hats and things before walking quickly to L’Empire a block away. Ed got the chicken I had had the other day and I got the daily special, pintade (guinea fowl), and both meals were perfection. I got the chocolate cake and ice cream for dessert and Ed got an amazing combination of prunes, ice-cream and passion fruit. This little café is a delight. Meals were 10.90 euros each . . . unbelievable.
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Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel in front of the Louvre
Stuffed and exhausted, we came home for a nap and have been watching the crises in Brazil and Iraq. The poor world is a mess right now. There was even a manifestation at our local Metro station as we ate lunch. We could hear it.
Later we walked over to the Tuileries, claimed two chairs and watched the world walk by. Life is good . . .
Posted by Beausoleil 11:11 Archived in France Tagged musee_d'orsay
In August 2013 I had the privilege of touring the Orsay Museum with Eddy Dijssel, who went by the name of breughel on VirtualTourist. First we had a great lunch together at the ornate museum restaurant on the second floor and then he showed me some of his favorite paintings in nearly all the departments of the museum. Eddy left VT even before it closed down, and he now has several amazing groups on Facebook about Flemish painters, Dutch painters, German painters, etc., with hundreds of members who post great photos. (I'm just a passive member of these groups, but I enjoy them nonetheless.)
by Nemorino