Sketchbook Art - Musee d'Orsay

One of my favorite museums in the world is the Musee d'Orsay.  In the center of Paris on the banks of the Seine, opposite the Tuileries Gardens, the museum was installed in the former Orsay railway station. I am a nut for French Impressionist art, but I also love the architecture of the museum, which displays collections from the period 1848 to 1914. I leaned on a bridge, with hundreds of people passing by, as I quickly painted this muddy sketch. I usually spend two entire days in this fabulous museum. One of the jewels of the Musee d'Orsay that I always visit is an American painting, "Whistler's Mother."