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Musée de l'Orangerie
Two oval rooms in the Tuileries Garden are wrapped with Claude Monet's giant Water Lilies panels, painted to give visitors a feeling of peace after the First World War.
History of the museum
Monet offered the Water Lilies to France the day after the armistice of November 1918, as a gift of peace. He worked on them for years at Giverny, and designed the oval rooms in the Orangerie, a former greenhouse for orange trees. The museum opened in 1927, a few months after Monet died. A large collection of Impressionist and modern art was added in 1984.
Top pieces
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Water Lilies (the Grandes Décorations) Claude Monet, 1926
In our gallery from here (9)
Yvonne and Christine Lerolle at the PianoPierre-Auguste Renoir · 1897
Gabrielle and JeanPierre-Auguste Renoir · 1895
AntoniaAmedeo Modigliani · 1915
Portrait of Paul GuillaumeAmedeo Modigliani · 1915
Portrait of a man (Emile Lejeune)Chaïm Soutine · 1922
The floor waiterChaïm Soutine · 1927
Landscape with characterChaïm Soutine · 1918
The HousesChaïm Soutine · 1920
The Little Pastry CookChaïm Soutine · 1922