Musée d'Orsay

The Musée d'Orsay (UK: MEW-zay dor-SAY, US: 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 from 1898 to 1900. The museum holds mainly French art (including works by France based foreign artists) dating from 1848 to 1914, including paintings, sculptures, furniture, and photography. It houses the largest collection of Impressionist and post-Impressionist masterpieces in the world, by painters including Berthe Morisot, Claude Monet, Édouard Manet, Degas, Renoir, Cézanne, Seurat, Sisley, Gauguin, and van Gogh. Many of these works were held at the Galerie nationale. History Musée d'Orsay as seen from the Pont du Carrousel Musée d'Orsay Clock in the main hall, created by Victor Laloux The interior of the main hall The museum building was originally a railway station, Gare d'Orsay, located next to the Seine river. Built on the site of the Palais d'Orsay, its central location was convenient for commuting travelers. The station was constructed for the Chemin de Fer de Paris à Orléans and finished in time for the 1900 Exposition Universelle to the design of three architects: Lucien Magne, Émile Bénard and Victor. Collection Vincent van Gogh: Starry Night Over the Rhône, 1888 Pierre-Auguste Renoir: Bal du moulin de la Galette, 1876 Édouard Manet The Luncheon on the Grass 1862–63 Gustave Courbet: The Artist's Studio 1855 Paul Cézanne: The Card Players 1894–1895 Paul Cézanne: Apples and Oranges c. 1899 William-Adolphe Bouguereau, Equality Before Death, 1848 Paintings: major painters and works represented Frédéric Bazille – 6 paintings including The Family Reunion, The Improvised Field Hospital, The Pink Dress, Studio in Rue de La Condamine Cecilia Beaux –.