The Musee d’Orsay in Paris is being renovated, and a whole bunch of their fabulous Impressionist paintings have been loaned to San Francisco’s deYoung Museum, of which we are members.

Renoir, Cezanne, Whistler, Cassatt, Monet and many of the other big names are represented.

We’re heading up to San Francisco to enjoy it this morning. I love the Musee d’Orsay and look forward to seeing many of my favorite paintings again here at home.

As you probably know, the Musee d’Orsay is a beautifully renovated train station, all glass and arches.
The deYoung (founded in 1895) is situated in a uniquely San Francisco setting: Golden Gate Park. It was damaged in the 1989 earthquake and closed at the end of 2000. It took five years to build a new museum, and here it is above. I haven’t visited since it opened in 2005 and look forward to seeing it.