Orangerie Museum

The Orangerie Museum ( French: Le Musée de l'Orangerie ) is an art gallery in Paris representing the works of the Impressionists and Post-Impressionists , located in Place de la Concorde .

Orangerie Museum
fr. Le Musée de l'Orangerie
Established	1852
opening date
Visitors per year	900,000 (2013) [1]
Site	musee-orangerie.fr

Museum plan

The Orangerie Museum is located at the western end of the Tuileries Gardens , near the Louvre Museum and the Orsay Museum , of which it is a branch. The museum is located in the building of the greenhouse, built in 1852 with the participation of architect Louis Visconti . In the XIX century, in the greenhouse in winter there were orange trees in tubs, which were placed in the Tuileries Gardens in the summer.

The building of the greenhouse was rebuilt as a museum shortly after the end of World War I by order of the French statesman Georges Clemenceau specifically to host a series of paintings with water lilies of Claude Monet , who was a close friend of the Prime Minister. The museum was conceived in such a way that paintings with water lilies hanging on the walls of the hall create an immersive effect for the viewer, and the light from the windows should fall on them from the same side as it fell on real water lilies in the garden of Claude Monet in Giverny ^{[ 2]} .

Although Monet's water lilies still remain, perhaps the most famous part of the exposition, the museum was later rebuilt several times and changed its status. The reason for the design change was the desire to make lighting correctly, as well as expanding the space to accommodate a large collection of paintings received from Jean Walter and Paul Guillaume ^[3] . After the reconstruction of the building in 1978-1984 in the exhibition halls, the resulting paintings were placed under the name "Collection of Jean Walter and Paul Guillaume."

In the period from 2000 to 2006, the museum was reconstructed again, and the reconstruction cost 30 million euros. In addition to the permanent exhibition, the museum has an exhibition space and a library.

The museum presents paintings by Claude Monet , Paul Cezanne , Henri Matisse , Pablo Picasso , Pierre-Auguste Renoir , Amedeo Modigliani , Andre Deran , Chaim Soutine , Marie Laurencin , Maurice Utrillo , Paul Gauguin , Alfred Sisley , Henri Russo , other artists Renoir and .

The Orangerie Museum is especially famous for the Oval Hall, which displays a series of eight paintings by Claude Monet - “ Water Lilies ”. The works occupy the entire hall, you can inspect them by sitting on the sofa located in the center.

In front of the museum are sculptures by Auguste Rodin , as well as several other sculptures.

Opening hours of the Orangerie Museum: from 9:00 to 18:00 daily, except Tuesday.