The Development History of Orsay Museum

This art palace, known as "the most beautiful museum in Europe", has experienced numerous changes in this land under its feet. /kloc-in the middle of the 0/9th century, it was the seat of the then administrative court and the Royal Court of Audit. It was destroyed by fire during the French Revolution in 1789. 1898, in order to welcome the Paris World Expo, the Paris Orlean Railway Company purchased this land from the state and built a railway station.

1898 The original site of the Ossetian Museum was a railway station from Paris to the southwestern suburbs of France, but it declined at 1940. After being idle for about 47 years, the railway station was converted into the Ossetian Museum on 1986. In order to achieve a comprehensive exhibition, the museum has collected many works of art from different countries, and many other works come from the Louvre. Architecture, sculpture, painting, sketch, photography, film and decorative arts are all on display here.

Designed by architect victor laloux, the railway station is not only rich but also bold. He advocated respecting the original building structure and retaining the original columns, cast iron beams and imitation marble decorations. After the completion, the architectural style of the new station complements the elegant style of the Louvre and Dululi Palace Garden on the other side.

The project lasted for two years and was completed and opened to traffic before the 1900 World Expo. For the next 40 years, Orsay Railway Station will be the starting point for all trains to the west and south of France. There are as many as 200 trains from here every day. It is also a place for photography, performance and auction. 1958, general de gaulle announced in the festival hall of the station hotel that he was prepared to "assume the power of * * * and the country".

However, due to the continuous progress of science and technology, electric trains are getting longer and longer, and the original station platform with the length of 138 meters obviously cannot meet the demand at that time. Had to change to a chartered suburban train line. Later, it gradually became an empty station that nobody cared about until it was abandoned. At this time, Parisians put forward many plans on how to use this well-designed railway station.

1972 it is suggested that the railway station be transformed into a museum. This proposal was supported by then French President Pompidou. Since then, both the right-wing President D 'Estaing and the left-wing President Mitterrand have been actively supported by the government. The renovation project adopted the design of Italian female designer Olanti, who carefully divided this empty hall with a length of138m, a width of 40m and a height of 32m. The gate is in the west. From west to east is the main hall with a length of 100 meters and a height of 32 meters. On both sides of the hall are independent exhibition halls. The exhibition rooms on both sides have three floors, mainly displaying paintings.

1900 when the railway station was just built, a painter named Detai once enthusiastically praised: how much this station looks like a palace displaying works of art! More than 80 years have passed, and the admiration of that year has actually become a reality. 1 986 65438+February1After nearly eight years of construction, this brand-new ivory building opened its doors for the first time to welcome tourists from all directions. The exhibition hall of the museum covers an area of 45,000 square meters and has more than 4,700 modern works of art, which is the place with the largest collection of Impressionist paintings in the world. At present, there are more than 4,000 art collections, including paintings, sculptures and furniture furnishings, with an exhibition area of over 45,000 square meters. On the ground floor are 65,438+0,850 to 65,438+0,870 paintings, sculptures and decorative arts works, including Van Gogh, Gao, Angel and Delacroix. Monet's works etc. The works from 1870 to 19 14 are displayed in the middle floor, including the official art of the third Republic, symbolism, academic painting and decorative art works in the Art Nouveau period. Among the 565,438+0 French Impressionist paintings that first met the audience in China in China Art Museum in 2004, 38 were from Orsay Museum.