We'll meet just outside the Orsay Museum, where we'll avoid the long lines and enter without waiting this unique museum with masterpieces from the second half of the XIX century, among which the french impressionists.
You'll learn all the secrets of the main artists from the XIXth century whose works are on show and explore the influences and the individual styles of every artist such as Manet, Monet, Renoir, Degas, Cézanne or even Van Gogh. You'll dive in the heart of the birth of the impressionist movement, arisen from a small group of rebels which opened the way to this unique art.
After the visit of the Orsay Museum (about 2hrs) we'll head to the Orangerie Museum, just accross the Seine river, to go discover the incredible and huge panels of Water Lilies of Monet. We'll also give a quick look to the Museum's collection.
Through the visit of these two museums, you'll be going back in time, you'll learn how these images and messages changed the art world forever. Believe it or not, the peaceful scenes of the rural and urban lives of the impressionist artists were absolutely shocking when there were painted.
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Rhinoceros statue in front of the Orsay Museum
The Orsay museum is close every monday and the Orangerie museum every tuesday. This tour can then be done from wednesdays to sundays.