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The third art museum in The Art of Paris series is least known of the four museums we visited during our visit to Paris. Inside an old converted green house, the Musée de l’Orangerie offers Impressionist and Post-Impressionist masterpieces with less crowds.
While not as popular as the Musée d’Orsay’s Impressionist collection, l’Orangerie includes significant works by numerous French painters.
However, the headliner of the gallery is Claude Monet.
Rebekah at the Musée de l’Orangerie
In continuing our series, The Art of Paris, we have chosen to include the beautiful chapel, Sainte-Chapelle. The artisans that created the stained glass windows must be celebrated and honored! Walking into this chapel is like walking into your very own jewelry box filled with precious stones.
I had never heard of the destination until a cousin at a family reunion shared his experience with me. He is an incredibly talented interior designer with exquisite taste. Years ago, he stumbled upon this jewel and told me I had to go, so of course, I listened.
Continuing our ongoing series looking at Paris’ colorful art scene, the Musée d’Orsay houses France’s largest Impressionist art collection. If you love art, you absolutely need to schedule a visit to the Musée d’Orsay on your next trip to Paris.
The Orsay’s artistic focus ranges from 1848 to 1914, boasting countless works from blockbuster artists such as Manet, Monet, Degas, Renoir, Pissarro, Sisley, Toulouse-Lautrec, Rodin, Cézanne, Gauguin and van Gogh.
Naturally, the Orsay is a large museum, and the sheer volume of beautiful pieces of art can be overwhelming (not to mention the crowds). For example, the Musée d’Orsay owns 23 paintings by Claude Monet alone.
Clock Inside the Old Train Station
We’re back again for another month of reporting on the status, growth, lessons learned, and reflections from September. In September we wrapped up our Kansas City series, highlighted a few local favorites here in Fort Worth, shared our day trip to Deep Ellum, invited a guest blogger for his first post on a layover in Vienna, and started our series on Paris. We’ve been busy! All of us are very much looking forward to October and the continuation of the Paris series–David and Rebekah have a unique way of storytelling and beautiful photos that I’m excited to read.
Our hopes and reason for sharing our “State of the Blog” is to be transparent, so we can reflect on what we’ve learned, the mistakes we’ve made, and to gather your thoughts as readers for suggestions we might make to improve. By no means do we claim to know all there is to blogging, but we do hope, especially for those other bloggers out there, that you find it helpful and encouraging. Continue reading
Continuing our ongoing series on Paris, I wanted to share some of our experiences in the City of Lights after dark.
One night, Rebekah and I cruised on the Seine River. But mostly, we explored the city on foot, walking along the lamp-lit streets. Rebekah and I love exploring cities at night, as they are often even more enchanting than by day. Paris at night definitely fits this description. The throngs of tourists have dispersed, and the streets are once again romantic.
Instead of writing a story, I thought I would let the pictures do the talking in this post. I hope you enjoy this sampling of our time in Paris after dark!
The Seine River at Dusk
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