Having spent a full day walking around Paris, we thought we
might take in some of the great impressionist pieces at the museum. A sign
outside the building says that no one would be admitted after 5 p.m. and that
the museum would close at 6:00 p.m. At
5:05 we walked in and approached the ticket counter. After the couple ahead of
us finished paying for their admission, the gentleman at the counter waived us
on. We thought we were too late for admission – instead, he let us in - at no charge, explaining that after all we had
less than an hour remaining.
Our first stop was for directions to the Renoir exhibit. However, we were quickly side-tracked by the
marvellous works of Vincent Van Gogh. In
an exhibition area with fellow post-impressionists, Gauguin and Sisley, Van
Gogh’s Starry Night and the Bedroom at Arles with their sweeping
brush stokes, turned mere paint into strong emotion.
Three floors higher we found the Impressionist Gallery
featuring the work of Claude Monet, Edouarde Manet, Degas, and Pierre August
Renoir. These are three works by Monet.
Although the announcements indicated that the museum was
closing at 5:30, we were allowed to remain in the gallery until almost 6:00
p.m. The final 10 minutes of viewing we
were privileged to be alone in the room with Renoir’s Dancing at the Moulin de la Galette, one of his most famous
paintings. The skilled use of small brush strokes as they created an interplay
of light and shadow, left no doubt why Renoir is a master.
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