Below are some of my favorite/most interesting paintings and sculptures from Musee d'Orsay. There were some famous paintings there that I did not take any pictures of, but I hope you enjoy! I tried to translate some of the titles from French to English, but most are self-explanatory.



Le bain / The bath





by Alfred Stevens





Rencontre de Faust et de Marguerite





Notice the body in the oven!






It is so hard to capture the richness of the painting :(






by James Tissot; 1861







Jeune femme en veste rouge / Young Woman in Red Jacket





by James Tissot; 1864







La dame au gant / The Lady with the Glove





by Carolus-Duran; 1869






Un Secret d'en haut





Close-up of marble statue






by Hippolyte Moulin; 1873






Macbeth et les trios sorcieres





Ahhh, they have beards!






Theodore Chasseriau; 1855






This sculpture was really huge!





Close-up of Porte de l'Enfer





Modeled after the Divine Comedy





One final close-up






by Auguste Rodin; 1888





La Nuit / The Night





Top of the window





by Henri Coulier; 1893





Art Nouveau for Dad; Plume de paon (1896)





Faune et nymphe






by Auguste Rodin; 1886





Les chasseurs d'alligator / The Alligator Hunters





by Ernest Barrias; 1894





Saint Micheal terrassant le dragon





by Emmanuel Fremiet





La Pointe d'Andey





by Ferdinand Hodler; 1909






Eternelle douleur / Eternal Pain





by Paul Darde; 1913






La chute d'eau / The Waterfall





by Leopold Blauensteiner; 1905





Le chevalier aux fleurs / The Knight with the Flowers





by Georges Rochegrosse; 1894





Aurore





by Denys Puech; 1900








Lampadaire sur pied, grue et plantes aquatiques





A Japanese and French Work; 1900-1905







Eventail (Range) -Le Louvre et le Pont (The Louvre and the Bridge)- Neuf la nuit





by Maximilien Luce; 1890-92





Les Iles d'Or





A close-up






by Henri Edmond Cross; 1891-92





La voile verte, Venise / The Green Sail





by Paul Signac; 1904






Plage a Heist






A close-up






by Georges Lemmen; 1891








Apres-midi a Pardigon





by Henri Edmond Cross; 1907







Looking below at the museum; you can see how big The Alligator Hunters scuplture is (bottom right)





A view of Sacre Coeur






Dans le jardin du docteur Gachet





by Vincent Van Gogh; 1890






Le jardin de Monet a Giverny





by Claude Monet; 1900





La cathedrale de Rouen





by Claude Monet; 1893





Bal du Moulin de la Galette





by Pierre-Auguste Renoir; 1876





Un coin d'appartement / An Apartment Corner





A close-up






by Claude Monet; 1875






Repetition d'un ballet sur la scene





by Edgar Degas; 1874






La nuit / The Night






by Henri Fantin-Latour; 1897



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