Pierre-Auguste Renoir paintings in Paris

Paris · 102 works on display

Housed in a spectacular Beaux-Arts railway station, the Orsay holds the world's finest collection of Impressionist and Post-Impressionist painting, covering 1848 to 1914. The collection of Monet, Renoir, Degas, and Van Gogh is unrivalled anywhere.

Paris · 11 works on display

The Petit Palais houses Paris's City of Paris Museum of Fine Arts, a permanent collection of paintings and decorative arts that is free to enter. The building itself — a Beaux-Arts gem built for the 1900 World's Fair — is as impressive as the collection.

Paris · 18 works on display

A small, intimate museum in the Tuileries Gardens built around Monet's magnificent Nymphéas murals, which occupy two oval rooms designed by the artist himself. Beyond the Water Lilies, the Walter-Guillaume Collection upstairs holds excellent works by Cézanne, Renoir, and Picasso.

Paris · 6 works on display

The Musée Picasso in the Marais occupies a 17th-century mansion and holds the most comprehensive collection of Picasso's personal work — paintings, sculptures, ceramics, and drawings across all periods of his career. Donated to the French state in lieu of inheritance taxes.

Paris · 10 works on display

The Marmottan holds the world's largest collection of Monet paintings — over 100 works, including many late Giverny canvases — in a former hunting lodge in the Bois de Boulogne. Less visited than the Orsay, it offers a more intimate encounter with the artist.

Paris · 3 works on display

The Rodin Museum occupies the sculptor's former studio and surrounding gardens, displaying his most celebrated works — including The Thinker and The Kiss — in an appropriately intimate setting. The garden alone is worth the admission.