I went to the ‘Orsay in January and hadn’t been in a while. After seeing the Art Nouveau exhibit, my “eye” caught a trove of architectural details inside and outside the museum that I never noticed before. I snapped so many photos that I thought it was worthy of a week series.
Today it’s the granite floors in the plaza outside the museum with bold angular inlays of marble. I consider these works of art that could be inside the museum.
The Orsay Museum, a former Beaux-Arts railroad station built from 1898-1900, was made into a museum in 1986.The museum has the largest collection of Impressionist and post-Impressionist paintings in the world with masterpieces by Monet, Manet, Degas, Cezanne, Seurat, Gaugin, and Van Gogh.
1 rue de la Légion d’Honneur, 7th arr.
Metro:Solferino
http://www.musee-orsay.fr/en/home.html
Coming soon: Eye Prefer New York Tours
Coming soon: Eye Prefer New York Tours
New! Eye Prefer Paris Cooking Classes
I am happy to announce the launch of Eye Prefer Paris Cooking Classes. Come take an ethnic culinary journey with me and chef and caterer Charlotte Puckette, co-author of the bestseller The Ethnic Paris Cookbook (with Olivia Kiang-Snaije). First we will shop at a Paris green-market for the freshest ingredients and then return to Charlotte’s professional kitchen near the Eiffel Tower to cook a three-course lunch. After, we will indulge in the delicious feast we prepared along with hand-selected wines.
Cost: 185 euros per person (about $240)
Time: 9:30AM- 2PM (approximately 4 1/2 hours)
Location: We will meet by a metro station close to the market
Class days: Tuesday,Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
Minimum of 2 students, maximum 6 students.
Click here to sign up for the next class or for more info.
I am pleased as punch to announce the launch of Eye Prefer Paris Tours, which are 3-hour walking tours I will personally be leading. The Eye Prefer Paris Tour
includes many of the places I have written about such as small museums & galleries, restaurants, cafes & food markets, secret addresses, fashion & home boutiques, parks, and much more.
Tours cost 195 euros for up to 3 people, and 65 euros for each additional person. I look forward to meeting you on my tours and it will be my pleasure and delight to show you my insiders Paris.
Check it out at www.eyepreferparistours.com
