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Musée d'Orsay: First Floor Gallery 09 - Orientalism
Paris, France - September 2016
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| "Pèlerins allant a La Mecque" ("Pilgrims going to Mecca") - oil on canvas by Léon Belly (1861). |
The Musée d'Orsay in Paris, a former railway station converted into an art museum houses many artwork 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 Monet, Manet, Degas, Renoir, Sisley, and many other masters. It is one of the largest art museums in Europe.
Tip: When visiting the museum, go to the 5th Floor first as it houses art work by the impressionist.
These are the photos taken of the artwork at the museum, for presentation purposes and due to photography angle, many of these have been cropped, and edited to compensate for low lighting. It is better to visit the museum as nothing beats seeing the originals.
This blog comes in several pages. The first floor of the museum is very large and to manage the many number of pieces on display, I have separated the First Floor into several sections. This page nine of nine of the first floor displaying Orientalism Art; i.e. art work with relations to the Orient (in those day and art terms this was Palestine and North Africa and not the Far East. Click below to navigate to other sections:
< Go to 1st Flr 08 | Go To 1st Flr Main | Go to 1st Flr 01 >
For easier orientation within the gallery, here is a floor layout plan of Level 2 (First Floor). The rooms are numbered from #51 to #72.
(Click here for Musee d'Orsay interactive Level 2 Floor Plan)
"Chef abyssin" ("Abyssinian Chief") - marble bust by Adèle d'Affry ("Marcello") (c.1870).
"Jeune fille de Megare assise et filant" ("Megara's daughter sitting and spinning") - marble statue by Louis-Ernest Barrias (1868).
"Les Derniers rebelles, scene d'histoire marocaine" ("The Last Rebels, scene of Moroccan history") - oil on canvas painting by Jean-Joseph Benjamin-Constant (c.1880).
"L'Odalisque allongée" ("The Odalisque elongated") - oil on canvas painting by Jean-Joseph Benjamin-Constant (c.1870).
"Vieil homme devant des tombeaux d'enfants" ("Old man in front of tombs of children") - oil on canvas painting by Osman Hamdi Bey (1903).
"Femme arabe" ("Arabic Woman") - bronze bust on red marble pediment by Jules Blanchard (1901).
"Un marche sur la plage" ("A walk on the beach") - oil on canvas painting by Frank Brangwyn (1892).
"Thamar" - oil on canvas painting by Alexandre Cabanel (1875).
"Jeune noir à l'épée" ("Young black with a sword") - oil on canvas painting by Pierre Puvis de Chavannes (1850).
"Esclave d'amour et Lumiere des Yeux" ("Slave of Love and Light of Eyes") - oil on canvas painting by Etienne Dinet (c1900).
"Ouled Nail: - oil on canvas painting by Etienne Dinet (c.1861-1929).
"Les Garde-côtes faulois" ("The Gallic Coast Guard") - oil on canvas painting by Jean Lecomte du Nouy (1888).
"Scènes de l'inquisition en Espagne" ("Scenes of the Inquisition in Spain") - oil on canvas painting by Gabriel Ferrier (1879).
"Femmes égyptiennes au bord du Nil" ("Egyptian women on the banks of the Nile") - oil on canvas painting by Eugène Fromentin (1876).
"Halte de cavaliers arabes dans la forêt" ("Stopped Arab riders in the forest") - oil on canvas painting by Eugène Fromentin (1868).
"Le Pays de la soif" ("The Country of Thirst") - oil on canvas painting by Eugène Fromentin (c.1869).
"Joueurs de flûte au bivouac" ("Flute players at the bivouac") - oil on canvas painting by Gustave Achille Guillaumet (1866).
"Laghouat, Sahara algerien" ("Laghouat, Algerian Sahara") - oil on canvas painting by Gustave Achille Guillaumet (1879).
"Le Sahara / Le Désert" ("The Sahara / The Desert") - oil on canvas painting by Gustave Achille Guillaumet (1867).
"Tisseuses à Bou-Saada" ("Weavers in Bou-Saada") - oil on canvas painting by Gustave Achille Guillaumet (undated).
"La Roche de Vann, Kurdistan" ("The Rock of Vann, Kurdistan") - oil on canvas painting by Jules Laurens (before 1880).
"L'excommunication de Robert le Pieux" ("The excommunication of Robert the Pious") - oil on canvas painting by Jean-Paul Laurens (1875).
"Départ de la flotte normande pour la conquête de l'Angleterre, Dives 1066" ("Departure of the Norman fleet for the conquest of England, Dives 1066") - oil on canvas painting by Albert Maignan (1874).
"Salammbo chez Matho, Je t'aime! Je t'aime!" (Salammbo at Matho, I love you! I love you!") - bronze, ivory, gold and turquoise statue by Théodore Rivière (1895).
"Elephants d'Afrique" ("Elephants of Africa") - oil on canvas painting by Charles de Tournemine (1867).
"Café à Adalia (Turquie d'Asie)" ("Café in Adalia (Asian Turkey)) - oil on canvas painting by Charles de Tournemine (1856).
This blog comes in several pages. The first floor of the museum is very large and to manage the many number of pieces on display, I have separated the First Floor into several sections. This page nine of nine of the first floor displaying Orientalism Art; i.e. art work with relations to the Orient (in those day and art terms this was Palestine and North Africa. Click below to navigate to other sections:
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