So our week in Paris was drawing to a close. We had completed our preplanned agenda, soaked in atmosphere, shopped for souvenirs, but lo and behold we still had one more free day. Never one to waste a day in a foreign city, I reverted back to an idea that Joani and I had already discussed before we ever left Canada. Another Art gallery. Wow, I bet anyone reading this is surprised! How many art galleries in how many days?
Rodin works more in sculpture than paint and given a preference I will admit that I enjoy paintings more. But we now had some extra time so why not? In hindsight I will freely admit that the Musee Rodin turned out to be a very pleasant surprise with an outdoor section of sculptures surrounded by a beautiful garden and a large indoor collection which contained a hidden Van Gogh masterpiece. (Can't go wrong). All in all this was a very lovely way to spend an extra day in Paris.
I enjoy all art, but sculptures do not evoke the same emotions for me as paintings, so I will just show you what I feel is Rodin's best works and let you draw your own opinions.
Rodin was an admirer of Van Gogh and regarded him as “an admirable demolisher of academic formulae, [who] also had a genius for light,” (Rodin, 1909). I of course have to include The Van Gogh gem he had in his collection.
Portrait Of Pere Tanguy
As I already stated, I thoroughly enjoyed our time at the Musee Rodin. It was a fine way to close out our time in Paris.
I will show you a few more sculptures we saw in our travels around Paris.
The Ghost Of Christmas present?
Joani's new friend.
Wish I could walk through walls.
So as I had mentioned we also visited one other Art gallery which I didn't include photos of. This was mainly because.. well I'll let Wikipedia say this for me.
The Water Lillies donation to the Orangerie was finalized in 1922.
Originally, the museum was inaugurated on 17 May 1927 as the Musée Claude Monet,
and formally renamed the Musée National de l’Orangerie des Tuileries."
Monet donated these paintings to celebrate peace after WW 1, and specified that he wanted the display rooms to be designated as quiet meditation spaces.
In seven days we saw a ton of art and architecture. The image of these two rooms seemed the perfect way to wrap up this vacation post.
Peace out!
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