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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.
L'Origine du monde in the Musée d'Orsay. By the very nature of its realistic, graphic nudity, the painting still has the power to shock and trigger censorship. Although moral standards and resulting taboos regarding the artistic display of nudity have changed since Courbet, owing especially to photography and cinema, the painting remained ...
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.
The Apparition (Moreau, Musée d'Orsay) Arab Chiefs Challenging each other to Single Combat under the Ramparts of a City; Arab Horses Fighting in a Stable; Arearea; L'Arlésienne (painting) Around the Piano; The Artist's Garden at Giverny; Avenue of Poplars near Moret-sur-Loing
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Musée d'Orsay, Paris Bal du moulin de la Galette (commonly known as Dance at Le moulin de la Galette ) is an 1876 painting by French artist Pierre-Auguste Renoir . It is housed at the Musée d'Orsay in Paris and is one of Impressionism 's most celebrated masterpieces. [ 1 ]