If you like Monet, the Orangerie and Musee Marmottan (near chaillot) are wonderful. I’m very fond of Berthe Morisot too. She was Monet’s sister-in-law, married to his brother, Edgar.
Esmay - I always think the same about Turner. There was an interesting exhibition at the National Gallery years ago about the impressionists, where they talked about the technical innovations that made the movement possible - when was the invention of tubes for paint. This meant that artists much more easily paint outdoors and paint became portable. But also very important was the invention of a new shade of yellow, which was really important to the colours/light that was key to a lot of impressionist painting.
I love 'The Cradle' by Berthe Morisot. I have a book of paintings by Berthe Morisot and the American painter Mary Cassatt. Both were seen as impressionists although their style of painting was not similar to each other.
I agree that Musee d'Orsay is well worth a visit but so is the Louvre and the Pompidou Centre (Modern Art) if it is still open.
My favourite is The Cradle by one of the very few female Impressionists, Berthe Morisot. It's something about that whispy faint voile across the crib and the baby's face.
We went to Paris a few years ago and I’ll be forever grateful to the woman who my partner got chatting to at the building society who told him that we should visit the Musee d’Orsay and not the Louvre. I was so moved to see some of my favourite paintings, especially my all time favourite, La Pie.
I see that the film is available on Netflix. I am struggling to find cinema showing anywhere near where I live as I would prefer to see it on a big screen. Thanks for drawing my attention to it.
While we are on the subject, I recommend 'Loving Vincent' which is an innovative film where the pictures of post impressionist Vincent van Gogh come to life.
This is currently showing in cinemas. I saw it yesterday, and I can highly recommend it to anyone interested in this period. It not only spoke about the great artists, but there was a lot of information about the salons and how they accepted or rejected these new, controversial artworks.
The picture here is Monet's, called Impression, Sunrise. This is how those artists got their new name.