Pastels at the Musée d’Orsay

Published on 13 April 2023, by Benoit Gaboriaud

Fourteen years after the ‘Mystère et l’éclat’ show, the musée d’Orsay is showing off its pastels again.

Lucien Lévy-Dhurmer (1869-1953), The Calanque, c. 1936, pastel on paper and canvas,... Pastels at the Musée d’Orsay

Lucien Lévy-Dhurmer (1869-1953), The Calanque, c. 1936, pastel on paper and canvas, 79.0 x 63.0 cm/31.1 x 24.8 in.
© RMN-Grand Palais (Musée d'Orsay) / Hervé Lewandowski

Fourteen years after the ‘Mystère et l’éclat’ show (2008-2009), the Parisian institution is showing off its pastels again: about a hundred works from its collection, one of the most beautiful and richest in the world. It includes major works by Edgar Degas and Odilon Redon , essential…

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