Paris Museums - Musee D'Orsay

I generally avoid museums when on holiday, preferring to enjoy the cuisine (wine, food) and culture (wine, food) of the current, living area we are in. So museums and duomos (churches) tend to get short shrift.

But the Musee D'Orsay is something else (editor's note: this blogger has an unnatural attraction to this museum) and it's a few minutes walk from our apartment...

The Musee D'Orsay is a beautiful building (inside) and it has a wonderful collection of Impressionist Art (think: Monet, Manet, Renoir, Gaugin, Sisley, Degas and Van Gogh).

Let's have some photos do the talking:

Firstly the beautiful building (originally a train station, made redundant by electric trains which were too long for its platforms):

Secondly let some of the paintings do their talking (I didn't take too many as I felt I was being frowned upon):
Here is a Degas pastel - so delicate

 

Here is a Monet which is called "La Pie" meaning "The Magpie" - the bird is not exactly the focus of the painting - I felt a bit sorry for anyone who did not understand the French title describing the painting - perhaps Monet had a sense of humour !
However the exposition of the light on the snow is majestic:

Here's a famous Manet painting "Olympia" - shows great energy and attitude whilst wearing just an orchid

Finally, I reckon this painting is the one on every bottle of Santa Vittori mineral water in Oz !

Check out the image below - what do you think?