Tickets for Musée d'Orsay: Dedicated Entrance
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The 19th century saw a boom in the natural sciences. Adventurers discovered new lands and species, geologists uncovered just how ancient the planet is and the epochal transformations she's gone through, and Darwin's work pulled back the curtain on the origins of man.
Scientific revelation had a knock-on influence for the artists of the era, with nature serving to inspire art in a more profound way. Symbolism and Art Nouveau showed a fascination for the origins of life. During this exhibition in collaboration with the Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, the d'Orsay will display the milestones of scientific discovery beside its contemporary art.
Switzerland was still young in the 1890s, but its native artists – trained in France, Germany, and Italy – brought its fledgling national culture to life with their work. Versed in the European avant-garde, artists like Cuno Amiet, Giovanni and Augusto Giacometti, Felix Vallotton, Ernest Bieler, and Max Buri used an expressive flourish of line and colour to bring about a new movement.
Unfortunately this movement remained little-known in Europe. The Orsay's latest exhibition brings together works that have never previously been shown in France, including around 70 masterpieces of the era, mainly from Swiss public and private collections.
The Musée d'Orsay is home to France's national collection of Impressionist, Post-Impressionist, and Art Nouveau works. Its majestic collection of elegant artworks from the Belle Epoque and beyond, coupled with its beautiful location in the Beaux-Arts railway station on the banks of the Seine, make it one of the most stunning museums in the world. No exaggeration!
The museum's collection includes sublime examples of French art from 1848-1914, including many of the most significant Impressionist and Post-Impressionist paintings ever created.
Featuring works by Gauguin, Monet, Manet, Degas, Renoir, Matisse, Cézanne, and Van Gogh, the works found in the Musée d'Orsay sit chronologically between the collections of the neighboring Louvre and the nearby Pompidou Centre.
The airy former train station Gare d'Orsay makes the perfect elegant backdrop to the artistic tour de force on show, with timeless masterpieces like Van Gogh's Starry Night Over the Rhone, Matisse's Luxe, Calme et Volupté, and countless others popping against the bright gallery walls.
Show your smartphone ticket at gate A1. Please note that on busy days there may be a queue.
Friday | Closed |
Saturday | Closed |
Sunday | Closed |
Monday | Closed |
Tuesday | Closed |
Wednesday | Closed |
Thursday | Closed |