Musée d’Orsay
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Comprehensive Art History of Paris: A Beautiful Journey
Paris has long been synonymous with art, earning its reputation as the “City of Art” through centuries of cultural achievement. From…
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Art Nouveau: Beauty, Innovation and Nature
Art Nouveau, or “New Art,” was a revolutionary artistic movement that flourished between 1890 and 1910, with its peak during the…
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Museum Guide: Musée d’Orsay
The Beaux-Arts façade and its deceptive grandeur There is something both familiar and uncanny about arriving at the Musée d’Orsay for…
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Inspiration: “La Toilette,” by Pierre Puvis de Chavannes
Pierre Puvis de Chavannes’ career was tied up with a complicated debate that had been ongoing since the beginning of the…
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Inspiration: “Haymaking,” by Jules Bastien Lepage
Haymaking (French – Les foins) or Resting in the Fields is an 1877 painting by Jules Bastien-Lepage. First exhibited at the…
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Biography: Frederik Hendrik Kaemmerer
Frederik Hendrik Kaemmerer, a distinguished Dutch genre and portrait painter of the 19th century, left an indelible mark on the art…
