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them—surrounding you in oval-shaped rooms—so you feel as though you're immersed in
his garden at Giverny.
Working from his home there, Monet built a special studio with skylights and
wheeled easels to accommodate the canvases—1,950 square feet in all. Each canvas fea-
turesadifferentpartofthepond,paintedfromvaryinganglesatdistincttimesofday—but
thetruesubjectoftheseworksistheplayofreflectedlightoffthesurfaceofthepond.The
Monet rooms are considered the first art installation, and the blurry canvases signaled the
abstract art to come.
Downstairs, in the Walter-Guillaume Collection, you'll see artists that bridge the Im-
pressionist and Modernist worlds—Renoir, Cézanne, Utrillo, Matisse, and Picasso. To-
gether they provide a snapshot of what was hot in the world of art collecting, circa 1920.
Cost and Hours:
€8, €5 after 17:00, free for those under age 18, €16 combo-ticket
with Orsay Museum (valid for four days, one visit per sight), covered by Museum Pass;
Wed-Mon 9:00-18:00, closed Tue, galleries shut down 15 minutes before closing time;
audioguide-€5, English guided tours usually Mon and Thu at 14:30 and Sat at 11:00, loc-
ated in Tuileries Garden near Place de la Concorde (Mo: Concorde or scenic bus #24),
15-minute stroll from the Orsay, tel. 01 44 77 80 07,
www.musee-orangerie.fr
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