Private Musée d'Orsay Tour with Skip the Line Tickets

Private Musée d'Orsay Tour Description

Your private 2-hour tour includes:

• A tailored tour of the top impressionism artists

• Skip-the-line tickets

• An expert English-speaking guide

Skip the Line at Musée d'Orsay

This private tour includes skip-the-line Musée d'Orsay tickets, so you don't have to waste your precious vacation time. As you visit the best masterpieces, you'll learn the stories behind their creation in addition to seeing some incredible lesser-known works too.

Musée d'Orsay as a Train Station (Gare)

The current Musée d’Orsay was previously a train station and hotel built just in time for the World's Fair on July 14th, 1900. In order to ensure that such a massive structure didn’t look out of place, the particular stone chosen from the Charente and Poitou regions helped hide the more modern metal structures. Perhaps most impressive of all is the modern technology installed here: ramps and lifts for luggage, elevators for the passengers, a reception area on the ground floor, electric traction, and 16 underground rail tracks.

Impressionism Art to Explore

The Musée d'Orsay is all about impressionism and holds the worlds largest collection of art from this style. You'll also see quite a bit of post-impressionism art as well. So what will your private guide show you? Well, the biggest artists living in Paris in the late 19th century are all represented here: Monet, Van Gogh, but also Gauguin, Renoir, and Caillebotte.

Impressionism started out as a kind of rebellion movement against the standard painting style of the time—a more classical approach. The Academy of Fine Arts in Paris ruled the art world at the time and organized the famous Salons where an artist could submit his work to become well known. Without their support, notoriety seemed impossible.

The impressionist artists were more interested in natural light and the first impression that one feels when they see the artwork, rather than the subject itself. This is why the artists' use of light is extremely important and the picture could appear fuzzy due to the unusual brushstrokes. See these paintings up close and understand how important their works are as your guide explains these and many more details on your private tour.