Bal du moulin de la Galette
Renoir set out to catch the atmosphere of a dance garden on Montmartre. The museum's record dates it to 1876 and holds it as RF 2739.
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Musée d'Orsay
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Illustrative collection
- Take a permitted photo Use a photo allowed by the museum's current rules.
- Read the sourced history When Lensmark can verify the work, it explains what the sources support and links to them. When it cannot, it says so plainly.
- Ask a follow-up Continue with a question about the work's maker, age or significance.
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Images in the demo: Bal du moulin de la Galette, Auguste Renoir, 1876; Olympia, Edouard Manet, 1863; La Nuit étoilée, Vincent van Gogh, 1888. All three are Musée d'Orsay works reproduced from public-domain files on Wikimedia Commons.
What the Musée d'Orsay collection covers
The Musée d'Orsay fills the former Orsay railway station with art from 1848 to 1914. Its paintings include Olympia and La Nuit étoilée. Paintings
The museum opened in 1986 inside the former station on the left bank, and its collection runs from painting and sculpture to decorative arts, prints and drawings, and early photography.
Its collection strengths include Impressionist painting, Post-Impressionist painting, nineteenth-century sculpture, and decorative arts.
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Olympia
Manet reworked the traditional female nude, and the painting caused a scandal at the 1865 Salon. The museum's record dates it to 1863 and holds it as RF 644.
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La Nuit étoilée
Van Gogh made this view of the Rhône after months of telling his brother he wanted a starry night. The museum's record dates it to 1888 and holds it as RF 1975 19.
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These are collection records, not confirmation that the works are on display today.
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The Musée d'Orsay permits photography for strictly private purposes with the flash disabled, requires visitors to avoid blocking visitor traffic or disturbing others, asks that tripods, supports and lighting equipment stay in the cloakroom, and prohibits it on certain works, particularly in temporary exhibitions. Read its current visitor conditions and follow gallery signs before taking a photo. Musée d'Orsay photography policy
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