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Monday
Nov262012

France's Musee D'orsay Opens Major Show of 19th Century Paintings At New Museum in China

A journalist takes photos of art work at a press preview of a major exhibition from France's Musee d'Orsay of paintings from the 19th century at the new modern art museum in Shanghai. The Musee d'Orsay opened the exhibition on November 16 with many of the 87 paintings by artists in the French Naturalism movement, including works by Gustave Courbet and Jean-Francois Millet being shown in China for the first time. AFP PHOTO/Peter PARKS.

“France's Musee d'Orsay ... opened a major exhibition of paintings from the 19th century at the new modern art museum in China's commercial hub of Shanghai.... Many of the 87 paintings by artists in the French Naturalism movement, including works by Gustave Courbet and Jean-Francois Millet, are being shown in China for the first time, exhibition organisers told a news conference.”

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