Paris, Musée d’Orsay
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Two new busts by Charles Cordier for OrsayTwo new busts by Charles Cordier have been added to the fine collection of works by this pioneer of polychrome sculpture under the Second Empire already held by the Musée d’Orsay, which initiated…
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Sylvain Amic appointed head of the Musée d’OrsaySince the announcement of Christophe Leribault’s departure for Versailles last February, this was one of the most eagerly awaited appointments. Although a short list of candidates had been…
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A representation from the 1874 Salon donated to OrsaySeven artists collaborated on this painting of elegant visitors to the 1874 Salon. The author of the composition, Camille Cabaillot-Lassalle, asked several painters to reproduce on his canvas the…
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A sculpture by Gustave Doré for Orsay"It was not the least of the Salon’s astonishments to find G. Doré authoritatively marking his place among the sculptors with a large and highly poetic group: La Parque et l’Amour The public is…
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An absolute masterpiece of French decorative art enters the Musée d’OrsayWe admired it at Sotheby’s New York and hoped that the Musée d’Orsay would be able to acquire it, without really believing it because of its estimate. However, the Musée Orsay won the wonderful cup…
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A first work by Eleanor Fortescue Brickdale for OrsayAs we have pointed out on several occasions, the Musée d’Orsay’s collection of British art, which is still limited, is a major focus of its acquisitions policy. It was joined only recently by a new…
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A new drawing by Degas donated to OrsayA new drawing by Edgar Degas has joined the Musée d’Orsay’s reference collection of the artist’s graphic work. A gift from Françoise Heilbrun, the museum’s emblematic curator of the photographic…
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Van Gogh along the SeineWho would have thought of travelling to Amsterdam to discover the suburbs of Paris? French and English visitors are in luck, however, since the Van Gogh Museum is within easy reach, unlike the…
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A new Monet for OrsayAcquise par dation, une nouvelle toile de Claude Monet rejoint la collection de référence d’œuvres de l’artiste conservée par le musée d’Orsay. Restée en mains privées depuis son départ de l’atelier de…
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Helene Schjerfbeck enters the Metropolitan Museum and OrsayHitherto absent from American and French museum collections, the Finnish painter Helene Schjerfbeck has entered the Metropolitan Museum and the Musée d’Orsay at almost the same time. The New York…
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