Step into Renoir’s world where modern life is seen through warmth, movement, and human connection.

Getting started

Arrive at the Museum Orsay at your selected time slot and enter through the main entrance. After ticket validation, follow signs to the temporary exhibition galleries. Staff will guide you through entry and visitor flow.

What to expect

Renoir and Love exhibition

This exhibition brings together Renoir’s early works to show how he approached modern life differently from his peers. Instead of distance or irony, his paintings focus on connection, companionship, and shared moments. Marking 150 years of Bal du moulin de la Galette, the exhibition gathers key works and rare loans to present this perspective in one place.

Features

• Moments of modern life: See lively scenes of dance, conversation, and leisure that reflect Parisian social life in the late 19th century.

• Iconic works: View paintings such as La Grenouillère, La Promenade, and The Umbrellas, tracing Renoir’s early evolution.

• Rare loans together: Works from institutions like the National Gallery, London and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston are presented alongside Orsay’s collection.

• A different lens on modernity: Renoir’s work stands out for its focus on joy, connection, and everyday intimacy rather than detachment.