Tag: Musee d’Orsay

• Musee D’Orsay … impressionists

  This afternoon I visited an impressionist exhibition at the Museum. It was wonderful telling the story of the beginnings of Impressionism. In 1874 the artists who were excluded from the traditional Salon decided to mount their own … The Salon de Refusees. It was the first coming together of artists we now know as Impressionists.…

  thegaywidower

  March 28, 2024

  The consequences of travel

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• At the Musee D’Orsay

  What a wonderful and humane Manet was. Breaking the centuries old barriers of art consumed by the male gaze. No longer a “nude” but a naked prostitute looking the viewer straight in the eye. This is no coy woman at a man’s beck and call.

  thegaywidower

  March 10, 2023

  The consequences of travel

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