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This is a 2-hour semi-private tour of the Musée d'Orsay in Paris with a professional painter as your guide. Up to 6 people join, and you skip the queue through a separate entrance. In front of masterpieces by Impressionist painters such as Manet, Monet, Degas and Renoir, you'll look at the painting techniques they used to capture light through a painter's eyes. You'll also learn how the Impressionist revolution came about and how these works continue to influence artists today.

Meet your guide in front of the elephant statue in the courtyard of the Musée d'Orsay and enter through a separate entrance. The tour focuses on the Impressionist era (1848–1914), following a curated itinerary centred on masterpieces by Manet, Monet, Degas, Van Gogh and others. Unlike a typical history tour, your guide, an artist and certified tour guide, reveals the stories and techniques hidden in the paintings through a painter's eyes.

At the Musée d'Orsay you can witness the fierce struggle between the traditional 'academic' art and the Impressionists who rejected it. Learn why these paintings were considered scandalous, even dangerous, to the social order of the 19th century, and how this era transformed Paris into the cultural capital of the world.

In front of the works, see how the Impressionists physically handled paint to capture a fleeting moment of light. Through expert analysis and discussion, learn how these artists immortalised 'modernity' and why their work still influences painters today. Whether you know art well or are new to it, you'll leave with a fresh way of looking at paintings.
Meeting point :
Musée d'Orsay
Esplanade Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, 75007 Paris, France
Meeting point directions:
Meet your guide in front of the elephant statue in the courtyard of the Musée d'Orsay. The tour ends at the Musée d'Orsay.
Esplanade Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, 75007 Paris, France