Since the 17th century, France (primarily its capital Paris) has become a recognized center of world art. It is not surprising that the country has many world famous museums.
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The most famous museum of not only France, but of the whole world is the Louvre. The museum’s richest collection consists of 300, 000 exhibits, of which only 35, 000 are exhibited in the halls. Perhaps the most famous of the works of art presented in the Louvre are the masterpieces of antique sculpture of the Hellenistic era, Venus Milos and Nika of Samothrace and, of course, Leonardo's “Mona Lisa” da vinci. We must not forget that the building of the Louvre itself, which for many centuries served as the palace of the French kings, is the largest monument of world culture. The glass pyramid, built in the 80s of the 20th century and is the main entrance to the museum, is also famous.
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The Museum d'Orsay in Paris is famous for the world's largest collection of impressionists and post-impressionists represented in it. Here you can see the scandalous “Breakfast on the Grass” by Eduard Manet and the almost modern-style “Saint-Lazare Train Station” by Claude Monet, the serene “Ball at the Moulin de la Galette” by Auguste Renoir and the picturesque “Red Roofs” by Camille Pissarro, the photographically accurate “Dance” class "Edgar Degas and expressive" Starry Night "by Vincent Van Gogh, as well as many other masterpieces.
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One of the best European painting museums is the Picasso Museum in Paris. It contains not only a huge number of works of the great master, but also his personal collection, including the works of Paul Cezanne, Henri Matisse, Andre Derain, Georges Braque, Joan Miró, as well as the famous painting "Customs Officer" Henri Russo.
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Another of the most popular museums in the French capital is the Rodin Museum. In addition to the numerous works of the great sculptor (including the famous "The Thinker"), here are kept the works of his beloved Camille Claudel and a personal collection of Rodin's paintings, including paintings by Vincent Van Gogh.
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In the center of Montmartre's famous art district is the Salvador Dali Museum. In his collection - more than 300 works of the artist, mainly - sculptures and engravings. The pride of the exhibition is a complete set of unique Dali prints, signed by the author.
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The Museum of Modern Art, where you can see the works of such outstanding artists of the twentieth century as Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, Paul Klee, Rene Magritte, Yves Tanguy, Vasily Kandinsky, Marc Chagall, Kazimir Malevich and Jackson Pollock, is part of the complex of the National Center for Art and Culture named after Georges Pompidou. In terms of attendance, the Pompidou Center takes third place among the main attractions of France after the Louvre and the Eiffel Tower.
