# The must-see works at the Musée d'Orsay

The paintings and sculptures not to miss at the Orsay, from Courbet to Van Gogh, based on the most-followed visitor guides and routes.

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- Nov 19, 2021 · arnaud_couchpotato
- https://even.best/en/l/2184/the-must-see-works-at-the-musee-d-orsay

## Top 22

1. **Dance at Le Moulin de la Galette** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Renoir, 1876. A Sunday dance in Montmartre, all dappled light.
2. **Poppy Field** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Monet, 1873. A walk near Argenteuil.
3. **The Circus** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Seurat, 1891. His last painting, left unfinished.
4. **Luncheon on the Grass (Manet)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Manet, 1863. The scandal of the Salon des Refusés.
5. **Olympia** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Manet, 1863. A nude who stares straight back at the viewer.
6. **Starry Night Over the Rhône** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Van Gogh, 1888. Gas lamps reflected in the river at Arles.
7. **The Bedroom in Arles** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Van Gogh, 1889. The Orsay version of his room in the Yellow House.
8. **Self-Portrait (Van Gogh)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Van Gogh, 1889. The blue swirls of Saint-Rémy.
9. **The Church at Auvers** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Van Gogh, 1890. Painted a few weeks before his death.
10. **Rouen Cathedral** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Monet, 1890s. The same façade at different times of day.
11. **A Burial at Ornans** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Courbet, 1849-1850. Peasants on a history-painting scale: realism is born.
12. **The Painter's Studio** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Courbet, 1855. A giant allegory of his life as an artist.
13. **The Angelus** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Millet, 1857-1859. Two peasants praying in the middle of a field.
14. **The Gleaners** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Millet, 1857. The humblest work, painted with dignity.
15. **The Dance Class** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Degas, 1873-1876. Young Opera ballerinas between steps.
16. **The Floor Scrapers** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Caillebotte, 1875. Manual labour inside a Paris apartment.
17. **The Source** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Ingres, 1856. The academic nude par excellence.
18. **The Birth of Venus (Cabanel)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Cabanel, 1863. The Salon hit of the same year as Olympia.
19. **Tahitian Women on the Beach** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Gauguin, 1891. Two women on the beach in flat blocks of colour.
20. **Young Girls at the Piano** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Renoir, 1892. Bought by the French state straight from the studio.
21. **The Gates of Hell** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Rodin, 1880-1917. The plaster from which The Thinker and The Kiss emerged.
22. **Whistler's Mother** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Whistler, 1871. One of the most famous American portraits, held in Paris.

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