Official catalog for the "Musée d'Orsay Exhibition: The Birth of Impressionism - The Freedom to Paint" held in Japan in 2014. Book Information Title: "Musée d'Orsay Exhibition: The Birth of Impressionism - The Freedom to Paint" Original Title: Naissance de l'Impressionnisme: La liberté de peindre, Collections du Musée d'Orsay Exhibition Information Year: 2014 Overview 84 masterpieces from the Musée d'Orsay in Paris, known as the "Hall of Impressionism," came to Japan. The theme was "The Birth of Impressionism." 140 years after the first Impressionist exhibition in 1874 – the impact of the birth of "new painting" that caused a sensation in the Parisian art world vividly revives in Roppongi, Tokyo, with a selection of masterpieces. From Manet, Monet, Renoir, Degas, and Cézanne, the artists who were the leading figures of Impressionism, as well as works from the Realism of Corot, Millet, and Courbet from the same era, to Academic paintings by Cabanel and Bouguereau, this exhibition brings together masterpieces that can be called the "face" of the era and the Musée d'Orsay. Please look forward to it. Venue: The National Art Center, Tokyo Painting on the cover Title: "The Fifer (Le Fifre)" Artist: Édouard Manet Collection: Musée d'Orsay This exhibition not only displayed Impressionist works but also works of Realism and Academicism, which were mainstream at the time, introducing how avant-garde Impressionism was. Claude Monet Millet Camille Corot Jules Breton Pissarro Rousseau Renoir Edgar Degas and many others are included.