Musée D'OrsayParis, France
Works of Art in Musée D'Orsay
See how a self-portrait viewed through a different perspective changes everything
Courbet’s The Wounded Man (1844-54)
How Daumier turned a kettle-drum into symbols...
Daumier’s The Orchestra.. ..During A Tragedy (1852)
Learn how to make sense of Degas' most mystifying composition
Degas’ Scene of War in the Middle Ages (c.1863-5)
See how Le Dejeuner sur L’Herbe, Manet's first great masterpiece, which has always puzzled and fascinated its viewers makes sense after all.
Manet’s Le Dejeuner sur l’Herbe (1863)
One of the many ways artists "paint themselves" is by painting others as earlier great masters.
Manet’s Angelina (1865)
Underneath the architecture of Monet's cathedrals is a major surprise
Monet’s Rouen Cathedral (1892-4)
If you like Renoir but can't see Raphael, you won't see Renoir's Raphael
Renoir’s Dance in the Country (1883)
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