Simply..moved to tears....

17/4/2019

..by Les Nympheas in L'Orangerie. (Be there when it opens.)

Here's what Monet said about them..............

..Nerves strained by work would relax in its presence...for he who would live in it, this room would offer a refuge for peaceful meditation.

I was also charmed by this fabulous lightshade in the cafe.

It's about 5 or 6 feet across and so lightweight it moved slightly.

Love it.

As for the stunning Musee D'Orsay, words fail me so here are 10 photographs!

It was marvellous to see the originals of so many Impressionist paintings familiar to me in reproduction. Do you have an artwork you long to see in the original?

The real thing.

There's

nothing

like

it.

10 Comments

Linda

18/4/2019 02:41:27 am

The Musee D'Orsay is my favourite museum/gallery ever. If I could go back to Paris again, even just for a few hours, that's where I'd aim for.

Freda

18/4/2019 03:10:29 am

The tiny cafe on the ground floor was super too!

Mary

18/4/2019 03:08:09 am

The Musee D'Orsay is on the top of my agenda for September. Thank you for sharing your photos.

Freda

18/4/2019 03:11:24 am

Planning is part of the fun isn't it Mary.

Julia

18/4/2019 04:49:19 am

What struck m e here, Freda, was your focus on design elements...the variety! The ingenuity! The juxtaposition of ancient and modern..:-)
How exhilarating! And yes, i can only imagine how much more so in real life!

!Freda

18/4/2019 08:45:38 am

The place can be enjoued on so many levels. It was a train station at one time (all those clocks) and the architecture is very clever. And it is huge!

cath

18/4/2019 11:11:49 am

How lovely, some of your photographs have the kind of black and white quality I so much connect with Paris.

The one real thing I longed to see and saw: Henry Moore's Reclining Figure (one version, he has made more). This one to be found close to Lincoln Art Center in New York.

The real thing still longing to see (and walk) The Spiral Jetty. Outdoor sculpture by Robert Smitson, in Utah, on the edge of Great Salt Lake.

Freda

18/4/2019 02:18:00 pm

I am so glad you are enjoying the photgraphs Cath!
I know the Henry Moore reclining figure in Edinburgh which is very different from the one in New York and yes, it must be quite an experience to walk the Spiral Jetty - what courage to create such a thing.,

Grace

20/4/2019 08:21:02 am

Those lovely lightshades are quite fashionable here these days. Not cheap though ...
https://petitefriture.com/fr/vertigo/34-162-grande-suspension-vertigo-3760236180033.html#/74-couleur-ruban_noir

Freda

24/4/2019 01:19:20 pm

Oh my! I will indulge in a browse here. Thanks Grace.

Simply..moved to tears....

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