Outside the Musee d'Orsay.
Inside was wonderfully open. It used to be a railway station. The Gare d'Orsay.
'Chasse aux Lions' by Eugene Delacroix.
I really liked this playful sculpture.
This painting depicts a room full of women. Very beautiful.
I love the epic nature of this painting.
'Le dejeuner sur l'herb' by Manet. I really liked the Manets.
'Femme dans un clos' by Camille Pissario.
This painting reminded me of Cherie. Red head. Tea pot.
I think this by Pierre-August Renoir.
Another Manet. I love his bold style. And the look on her face.
'Mademoiselle Dihau au piano' by Edgar Degas. For Dad.
I avoided sneezing on this painting after seeing what happened to Mr Bean.
A close up of a section of a painting by Pissaro. This dabbing look seems to be a feature of the impressionist paintings. Although I don't really know.
'La guinguette' by Vincent van Gogh.
A classic Van Gogh.
Van Gogh was my favourite. I love his thick bolts of colour!
'Le Christ aux limbes' by Paul Cezanne.
I loved the sharpness of this work.
'La danse au Moulin-Rouge ou La Goulue et Valentin le desosse' by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec.
Another cool painting by Toulouse-Lautrec.
There was a neat little exhibition on the 'Theatre du Chat Noir' which made shadow-puppet shows that were improvised by a skillful narrator.
Great shadow puppets.
More great shadow puppets.
An awesome glamourous room. There were a few school groups in here and the vibe was a bit over excited.
A visual of the vibe.
After a few wonderful hours at the Musee d'Orsay I strolled along the Seine before heading back to my apartment to meet Anders who had agreed to have a look at my computer. After trying various things we concluded that the only way to use the computer is to start it up in 'safe mode'. To do this you push F8 at start-up. You get a very basic version of Windows which omits a lot of features. But it works!
This guy made me think of Tim.
After virus-hunting Anders and I went to the cafe where 'Amelie' was filmed.
It has a great quirky feeling about it. Like a weird American milkshake bar.
A 'Crazy Amelie' cocktail. And crazy Anders.
That is weird, I took photos of about 90% of those paintings you have... who's the guy at the bottom _ did I meet him? Tres beau!!
ReplyDeleteIt's Anders (pronounced Anaas). You went to dinner at his house!
ReplyDeletewell shame on me... but he was cooking a lot of the time_ we didnt really talk!!!
ReplyDeleteoh my gosh Guy, I have gone from crazy kiwi feeling tres chic in Paris to filthy farm girl in Lavaur!!!!
Have you been on a velo yet?? so much fun!! scary as hell but fun!!!