Just like Museum d’Orsay, the Orangerie also started to allow taking photos in 2015. As my last time was in 2014, I did not have any photos from Orangerie. Of course I took my revenge :P
David Hockney. A Year in Normandie
13 October 2021 – 14 February 2022
The British painter David Hockney’s work during Corona time in Normandy. He spent these long months of isolation and introspection to create this 80 meter long fresco, showing different seasons.. And guess what? He draws with an iPad! That is the reason you see these vibrant colours, it is very nice to look at.
I must confess some of the landscapes reminded me of Esslingen am Neckar where I live..











Les Nymphéas of Claude Monet



Le Matin aux saules – Claude Monet, 1914 – 1926



Reflets d’arbres – Claude Monet, 1914 -1926


Matin – Claude Monet, 1914 – 1926

Reflets verts – Claude Monet, 1914 – 1926


Les Nuages – Claude Monet, 1914 -1926

Some Renoir
















Some Matisse

Odalisque bleue ou l’esclave blanche – Henri Matisse, 1921 – 1922


Portrait de madame Paul Guillaume – Marie Laurencin, 1928




Femmes au chien – Marie Laurencin, 1923

Danseuses espagnoles – Marie Laurencin, 1920 – 1921
Chaïm Soutine / Willem de Kooning, painting embodied
Until 10 January 2022










Picasso, Derain, Modigliani

Les adolescents – Pablo Picasso, 1906

Les trois soeurs – Henri Matisse 1917

Nu sur fond rouge – Pablo Picasso, 1906

Grande baigneuse – Pablo Picasso, 1921


Femme au ruban de velours – Amedeo Modigliani, 1915

Amedeo Modigliani, 1915

L’enfant à la poupée – Henri Rousseau, 1892

Arlequin à la guitare – André Derain, 1924

Nu à la cruche – André Derain, 1925

Le beau modele – André Derain,
En 1923


La niece du peintre – André Derain, 1931

La Nièce du peintre assise – André Derain, 1931

Arlequin et Pierrot – André Derain, 1924

Roses sur un fond noir – André Derain, 1932

Fleurs dans un vase – Auguste Renoir, 1898

Grand nu couché – André Derain, 1926 – 1927

Grande nature morte – Pablo Picasso, 1917