L Orangerie

... ' Pierre et Sophie au Jardin des Tuilleries, vers midi et demi. Puis on a été se mettre en ligne pour aller visiter l'Orangerie. C'est un gars de Californie, Karl quetchose, qui m'avait dit d'aller là.  C'est spécial. Il y a deux salles ...

... he completed the statue of the young man, it was so realistic that he was accused of using a real person for the mold.  The Orangerie was affected by the strike.  It didn't open until 1:00 and then only half of it was open.  By the time ...

... "History of the Louvre" and the Napoleon apartments.  After the Louvre, we continued the museum circuit by going to L'Orangerie, where Monet's "Nympheas" (water lilies) are housed.  I LOVE Monet so this was very exciting for me.  Afterward ...

Questo museo non richiede una visita molto lunga, ma vale la pena vederlo per le 8 grandi tele dipinte da Monet appositamente per essere collocate nelle 2 luminose sale ovali al pianterreno. La storia di questi dipinti è molto singolare: Monet aveva ...

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... Paul Guillaume...             I remember when we were in Paris in September 2006, l'Orangerie had just reopened after a 5-year-long renovation...and I remember we went there and - as we often do - played our usual ...

... course when I was in CEGEP, but I did take my time and read everything properly in the museum.) Another thing about the Orangerie is that the security guard at the front of the museum is VERY INTELLIGENT! I heard him speak four different languages; ...

... ,Monet's waterlilies. Jeff wanted to go the Louvre to see Ms M Lisa ... so you can guess where we eventually went. L'Orangerie was quite good and Jeff got another one of those audio thingies that give you a guided tour and annoyed Sherry again by ...

... .  I liked the bronze "The Kiss" here much better than the marble one in the Rodin Museum. We went into L'Orangerie and saw Monet's Water Lilies.  Here they have built two special oval rooms perfectly lit with filtered daylight to display the ...

... that the Tuilleries gardens are at the same level, but the space definitely has the feel of being in the basement. L'Orangerie houses Paul Guillaume's personal collection of impressionist works by the likes of Monet, Dégas, Renoir, Picasso, Derain, ...

... pyramid (love it or hate it... we loved it), snapped some pictures and jumped on the subway towards The Musee de l'Orangerie... an impressionist museum housing Monet's six-foot-tall water lilies, hung in specially designed rooms that Monet had in mind ...