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The Musée d'Orsay (UK: / ˌ m juː z eɪ d ɔːr ˈ s eɪ / MEW-zay dor-SAY, US: / m juː ˈ z eɪ-/ mew-ZAY-, French: [myze dɔʁsɛ]) (English: Orsay Museum) is a museum in Paris, France, on the Left Bank of the Seine. It is housed in the former Gare d'Orsay, a Beaux-Arts railway station built between 1898 and 1900.
Pages in category "Collection of the Musée d'Orsay" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. C.
S. Sailboats and Estuary; Saint-Paul Asylum, Saint-Rémy (Van Gogh series) The Schuffenecker Family; Self-Portrait in a Hat; Self-Portrait with the Yellow Christ
American Friends Musées d'Orsay et de l'Orangerie (AFMO) is dedicated to raising public awareness and financial support for the Musée d’Orsay and its sister institution the Musée de l’Orangerie. AFMO supports the museums' acquisitions, collection conservation, special exhibitions, education programs, and capital improvements.
In 2010 the Orangerie and the Musée d’Orsay were linked administratively under the Établissement public des musées d'Orsay et de l'Orangerie – Valéry Giscard d'Estaing (EPMO). On occasion, the Orangerie still hosts dance and piano concerts and other events in the restored Water Lillies gallery.
Musée d'Orsay, Paris Portraits at the Stock Exchange (also known as At the Bourse ) is a painting by the French artist Edgar Degas . Completed in about 1879, the painting was already in the collection of the French banker Ernest May when it was listed in the catalogue of the fourth Impressionist exhibition that year.
The Church at Auvers is an oil painting created by Dutch Post-Impressionist artist Vincent van Gogh in June 1890 which now hangs in the Musée d'Orsay in Paris, France. The painting depicts the Église Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption [ fr ] in Auvers-sur-Oise , France, 27 kilometres (17 mi) north-west of Paris.
The passenger concourse in the Gare d'Orsay, 1920. Advancements in the railways in the early 20th century led to the introduction of much longer mainline trains. Although the Gare d'Orsay offered a convenient central location, the site was restricted and there was no possibility of lengthening the platforms to accommodate the new, longer trains.