Booklet of 12 stamps - Around the 150 years of Impressionism with the Musée d'Orsay - Green letter

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150 years ago, on April 15, 1874, the first Impressionist exhibition opened in Paris. "Hungry for independence, Monet, Renoir, Morisot, Degas, Pissarro, Sisley and Cézanne decided to break away from the rules by organizing their own exhibitions, outside the official channels: Impressionism was born. In spring 2024, the Musée d'Orsay will celebrate this anniversary with the exhibition "Paris 1874. Inventing Impressionism", featuring some 130 works, including masterpieces of the movement. With the largest Impressionist collection in the world, the Musée d'Orsay will make this anniversary a national event, also lending some 180 major works to some thirty museums across France. La Poste is taking part in this anniversary by issuing a booklet of 12 stamps entitled "Around 150 years of Impressionism with the Musée d'Orsay", illustrating works characteristic of Impressionism at its peak - or reflecting its premises, or its so-called "post-impressionist" extensions - thus reflecting the extraordinary richness of this fundamental artistic movement. All the works selected belong to the Musée d'Orsay collection, and some will be included in the exhibition "Paris 1874. Inventing Impressionism" exhibition, while others will soon be on loan to museums in our regions. Celebrating the 150th anniversary of Impressionism, this stamp booklet will enable the works illustrating it to travel all over France on letters, just as the works will travel in the regions. As a great messenger of art, the stamp facilitates access to culture for all. The works illustrating the stamps are as follows: - Eva Gonzalès Une loge aux italiens, circa 1874 | exhibition M'O. - Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec Clownesse Cha-U-Kao, 1895 | loan Le Cannet, Musée Bonnard. - Auguste Renoir Bal du moulin de la Galette, 1876 | exhibition M'O. - Camille Pissarro Gelée blanche, 1873 | exhibition M'O. - Paul Cézanne Nature morte au tiroir ouvert, 1877 - 1879 | loan St-Denis de la Réunion, Musée Léon Dierx. - Berthe Morisot Sur un banc au bois de Boulogne, 1894 | loan Albi, Musée Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. - Charles Angrand Les Villottes, 1887-1889 | loan Yvetot, Musée des Ivoires. - Gustave Caillebotte Partie de Bateau, circa 1877-78 | loan Nantes, Musée d'arts de Nantes. - Claude Monet Coquelicots, 1873 | exhibition M'O. - Alfred Sisley La Barque pendant inondation, Port-Marly, 1876 | loan Tourcoing, MUba Eugène Leroy. - Edouard Manet Olympia, 1863. - Vincent Van Gogh La Chambre de Van Gogh à Arles, 1889. And on the cover, Claude Monet's Les Nymphéas Bleus, 1916 - 1919. © La Poste - Musée d'Orsay

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Conception graphique Stéphanie Ghinéa. © Musée d’Orsay, dist. RMN-Grand Palais / Hervé Lewandowski (Monet, Gonzalès, Cézanne, Morisot, Manet, Van Gogh) ; Franck Raux (Toulouse-Lautrec, Pissarro, Caillebotte) ; Patrice Schmidt (Renoir) ; Adrien Didierjean (Angrand) ; Sylvie Chan-Liat (Sisley) Timbres : Eva Gonzalès Une loge aux Italiens | Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec Clownesse Cha-U-Kao | Auguste Renoir Bal du moulin de la Galette | Camille Pissarro Gelée blanche | Paul Cézanne Nature morte au tiroir ouvert | Berthe Morisot Sur un banc au bois de Boulogne | Charles Angrand Les Villottes | Gustave Caillebotte Partie de bateau | Claude Monet Coquelicots | Alfred Sisley La Barque pendant l'inondation, Port-Marly | Edouard Manet Olympia | Vincent Van Gogh La Chambre de Van Gogh à Arles. Couverture : Claude Monet Nymphéas bleus