Friday, November 25, 2016

Art Gallery - Musée d'Orsay Ground Floor Parisian French Balconies

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Musée d'Orsay: Ground Floor Parisian French Balconies
Paris, France - September 2016
Panneau central de grand grand balcon (Central panel of large large balcony) - designed by Hector Guimard made by Saint-Dizier Foundry (1905-1907).
The Musée d'Orsay in Paris, a former railway station converted into an art museum houses many artwork built 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 ground floor of the museum is very large and to manage the many number of pieces on display, I have separated the Ground Floor into several sections. This page is on the the Parisian French Balconies section at the ground floor; click below to navigate to other sections:
< Go to Gr Flr Opera            |         Go To Gr Flr Main         |        Go to Gr Flr Front >

For easier orientation within the gallery, here is a floor layout plan of Level 0 (Ground Floor). The rooms are numbered from #1 to #23.

(Click here for Musee d'Orsay interactive Level 0 Floor Plan)


Parisian buildings took on a specific character during the second half of the nineteenth century as a result of strict regulations restricting the height, floor space and ornamentation. Several architects/artists were involved in the design of these balconies, and the museum has a section just dedicated to the Parisian balconies.
Mansion of Marquis d'Osmond by Achille Victor, baron Heurteloop. Street front and side facades.
Mansion of Marquis d'Osmond by Achille Victor, baron Heurteloop. Boulevard elevation.
"Hôtel des journaux officiels"; Hotel of the newspaper officials at 31 quai Voltaire a Paris 7 - front facade by anonymous (1869).
"Hôtel des journaux officiels" - front perspective view photo.
"Hôtel des journaux officiels" - lower front view photo.
Property of Mssr. Janiot, 74-76 Boulevard du Montparnasse a Paris - boulevard facade view by Leon Bonnenfant (c.1883).
Balcony project London Sassoon Hotel - pencil, watercolour, coloured pencil on tracing paper.
Balcony project London Sassoon Hotel - pencil, watercolour, coloured pencil on tracing paper.
Balcony with coats of arms at the centre.
Château de Chantilly balcony - print on albumen paper (c.1870)
Two women leaning on a balcony - design by Henri Viart, made by Gerome de Morot Foundry (c.1890).
French balcony railing manufactured by Alphonse Gosset Foundry - print on albumen paper (c.1870).
Details of ironwork facade Hotel Villeroy - pencil & watercolour on tracing paper.
Gare d'Orsay railing facade at rue de Lille - blueprints design by Victor Laloux (1898).
Maid on a balcony - cyanotype print by Henri Riviere (c.1896).
Floor plans of M. Clement property - ink & watercolour by Lucien-Gabriel Raighasse (15th February 1909).
Hotel M. Roy, elevation of left facade - graphite & ink on tracing paper by Hector Guimard.
Stone balcony detailing at 67 Avenue Malakoff - pen & black ink on cardboard by Charles Plumet (c.1920).

This blog comes in several pages. The ground floor of the museum is very large and to manage the many number of pieces on display, I have separated the Ground Floor into several sections. This page is on the the Parisian French Balconies section at the ground floor; click below to navigate to other sections:
< Go to Gr Flr Opera            |         Go To Gr Flr Main         |        Go to Gr Flr Front >

MUSEE d'ORSAY
1 Rue de la Légion d'Honneur, 75007 Paris, France.
Tel: +33-14049-4814
Hours: Friday to Wednesday -  9:30am to 6:00pm, Thursdays - 9:30am to 9:45pm
(Closed on Mondays & hours for Armitice Day may differ).
Webpage: http://www.musee-orsay.fr/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/museedorsay/
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