Museums in Paris: Musée d'Orsay #8

During a recent visit to the Musée d'Orsay, we focused on viewing sculpture instead of paintings.  

The Orsay's collection of sculpture is extensive, especially sculpture from the late 1800's into the first part of the 1900's.  Here is a sampling of sculptures from that period.

August Rodin:

Camille Claudel:

Antoine Bourdelle:

Below are close up views of two scenes sculpted in the side of the larger sculpture pictured above, plus the artist's unique signature.

Slaying the Nemean lion

Slaying the nine-headed hydra

Auguste Bartholdi:

Aristide Maillol:

Near the Musée d'Orsay, in the Jardin du Carrousel of the Louvre, more Maillol sculptures are displayed.  

La Montagne (1925)

Les Trois Grâces (1938) (Should it be renamed The Four Graces?)

Nearby, in the Jardin des Tuileries, we spotted another sculpture.   

According to the Musée d'Orsay: "This is an overmolding of the original marble . . . made after the death of the artist by . . . Georges Rudier" (around 1940).

Jean-Claude also appreciated the art with his signature "jazz hands" pose.  Fortunately, the French art police were not close by to arrest Jean-Claude.

Thanks for visiting the Musée d'Orsay, the Jardin du Carrousel, and the Jardin des Tuileries with us.