D'Orsay Museum and Its Scandalous Masterpieces

What to Expect

A Museum with History
Embark on a tour through the halls of the d'Orsay Museum, located in a former railway station that stood unused for a long time. The ambiance associated with the "previous life" of this architectural monument makes this museum one of the most unusual and beautiful in Paris, beloved by locals. You will see the clock face of the grand clock and the high vaults of the building, where we will discuss modernist movements, particularly Impressionism, and their origins. To understand the innovativeness of the artists we will talk about, you will walk through the halls of academic painting and put yourself in the shoes of a critic from the 19th century.

Modernism - a Different Approach
I will tell you about the perceptions of art prevalent in society at the turn of the 19th-20th centuries. Finding out what collectors and the general public valued most in painting, what they bought and commissioned from artists, you will try to grasp in each work by Monet, Manet, Van Gogh, Renoir, Degas, Cezanne, and other masters what made them masterpieces. You will learn where the Impressionists drew inspiration from and the roots of the new direction, why "Olympia" and "The Origin of the World" were considered incredibly scandalous, understand the value and revolutionary nature of the modernists' approach to art, and learn to distinguish Manet from Monet.