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Gustave Courbet, Le Désepéré (1843-1845)

Currently on display at the Orsay through 2030

And early work by Courbet, still strongly influenced by the Romantic style. There’s debate as to whether this is a reflection of genuine emotion or an academic exercise (as Romantic portraiture stressed emotional expression).

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Morning, Paris 6ème

Maybe just me, but I have a fondness for pictures that include evidence of the work that goes into maintaining beautiful spaces, so I like the stepladder leaning on the building after someone has fixed the awning

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Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Les Canotiers (1875)

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Eugène-Louis Lequesne, Le Faune dansant, 1850

It looks like he’s celebrating the arrival of spring :)

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Odette, Paris 5ème arrondissement

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Marc Chagall, Windows in the Eastern Choir, (1978-79) Saint Stephen’s Church, Mainz, Germany

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Max Kurzwell, Lady in Yellow, 1899

Wien Museum, Vienna, Austria

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Henry Cowell redwood state forest, Felton CA

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Église Saint Germain des Près, Paris, France

Center aisle of the nave, looking toward the narthex

Paris’s oldest church, originally founded in 538. The original church was destroyed by Vikings in the 9th century, and the church as it stands today was completed in 1014, rebuilt on the same footprint as the original.

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David Owen Art Notes: Andrew Wyeth: At the Kuerners

Maurits Cornelis Escher, Flor de Pascua: Untitled (1921)

Woodblock print

Monnaie de Paris, M.C. Escher exhibit, through 1 March 2026

On loan from in the Maurits Collection, Italy

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Trésor du Roi Soleil, Grand Palais, Paris

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Èdouard Vuillard, Jardins publics: l’interrogatoire (1894)

Le Musée d’Orsay

Vuillard was one of the central figures in the post-impressionist group Les Nabis, active in the late 19th-early 20th century. You can see that they were strongly influenced by impressionist and earlier post-impressionist movements.

This beauty is part of a large, monumental series of paintings of public gardens, and can currently be found on the second floor of the Orsay, on the right hand side