One of the original mission statements of the Musée d'Orsay is to showcase the relationships between painting, sculpture, architecture, works of art and furniture. Find out how the Second Empire managed to create its own style.
The complete story of the impressionist adventure, the radical art movement that began in the early 1860s, centered primarily around Parisian painters: a fresh look at an extraordinary artistic period, as it is shown at the Musée d'Orsay.
Nineteenth century Paris is filmed 'in situ' today through the use of artworks exhibited at the Musée d'Orsay: vintage photos, various artistic documents, sculptures, impressionist paintings, and old silent films.
Presented through the works of art shown at the Musée d'Orsay, a panorama of Art Nouveau in Europe and the complete history of the movement illustrated with paintings and drawings, ceramics and vases, sculptures, and furniture.
Post-Impressionism characterizes a period in modern art and especially painting, between the end of the 1880s and the first decade of the twentieth century, leaving room for many new styles and movements: pointillism, nabis, fauvism, etc.