Émilie Lévy & Louis Français

Musée d'Orsay, Paris, 24 VIII 2023

Rooftops in the Snow (Snow Effect), Gustave Caillebotte, 1878

Caillebotte's Floor Scrapers, one of my favorite paintings on the planet. When I look at it I think, I see the same beauty he saw. I didn't even know it was here. In person it's even better -- luminous and grey at the same time.

[ID: a painting of three men refinishing a wooden floor; they are kneeling, shirtless, and the gleam of their skin matches the floor's alternating matte and shine. Behind them is a window that lights them; to the right is a bottle of wine for breaks.]

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Antoine Vollon (1833-1900) "Espagnol" ("Spaniard") (1878) Oil on canvas Realism Located in the Musée d'Orsay, Paris, France

pretty day in paris

2022 // 2023

Tomdaya visiting museums in Paris.

Gérard Uféras. Musée d’Orsay. Paris, December 2017.

Musée d’Orsay…

Musée d'Orsay fountain

Dancers in blue, 1890 by Edgar Degas

Tom and Zendaya at the Van Gogh Exhibit. (X)

Oct 3, 2023

The Dance, William-Adolphe Bouguereau, 1856

Art I wanna touch with my butt.

The Musee d'Orsay didn't have a wall of chairs like many museums do, but it does have an entire Art Nouveau section full of wild-ass seating. I knew there would be chairs. There are always chairs.

[ID: Three images; top left, old-fashioned theatre seating done in Art Nouveau style, a green leather fold-up cushion with a green back cushion mounted in wood and two armrests; the metal that supports the armrests, and the legs of the chair, are done in sinuous curves and decorative curls typical of the style. Right, a chair that consists of a flat round seat, supported by a weird, twisty column that curves around to support the back as well. The seat has a sunburst pattern on it while the back has a brass circle set into the wider curve. Finally, lowest image, a rather plain green couch with wooden arms and legs; the line of the couch's back is curved, and above it are several curving wooden lines that come together in the upper left corner to form a little glass-fronted cabinet, the function of which I could not guess at.]

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Leonid Pasternak (1862-1945) "The Night Before the Exam" (1895) Oil on canvas Post-Impressionism Located in the Musée d'Orsay, Paris, France