--Jour de musee! (“giorno
de musei!” or “day of museums!”) Today, Jen and I visited Musee D’Orsay and
Musee L’Orangerie. In the D’Orsay, there is a lot of beautiful impressionist
art by the masters Van Gogh, Monet, Manet, and Degas.
my sketch of Edgar Degas’ Danseuses Bleues
another sketch of the statue “Petite Dansuse de Quatarze ans dit Aussi” by
Edgar Degas
The second museum,
L’Orangerie, there were two oval rooms with the series of Water Lillies by Monet. The canvases were huge, filling the full
wall, and he worked on some of these pieces as he was going blind. Incredible
to view them up close and then from across the room. There were other artists
in the gallery such as Picasso’s old art (Picasso before Picasso) and others such as Vallotton.
In the evening, we went under the Arc de Triumph. My good friend who is studying in Paris, Elise, and her roommate came out to dinner with Jen and I on the French’s not-so-green St. Patty’s day. Today, I would have reallyy enjoyed some of Mom’s Irish soda bread! I’ll have to make some in the middle of summer instead haha. We went to a venue for a unique performance of music. And the people watching, oh the people watching!
In the evening, we went under the Arc de Triumph. My good friend who is studying in Paris, Elise, and her roommate came out to dinner with Jen and I on the French’s not-so-green St. Patty’s day. Today, I would have reallyy enjoyed some of Mom’s Irish soda bread! I’ll have to make some in the middle of summer instead haha. We went to a venue for a unique performance of music. And the people watching, oh the people watching!
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