Paintings

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The museum’s collection of paintings reveals much about the grand moments of Western art, from Middle Ages to modern art. Rubens, Fragonard, Géricault, Delacroix, Manet, Monet, Gauguin, Picasso or Matisse : the great masters are exhibited on the second floor of the museum. 

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Alexei von Jawlensky, Tête de femme "Méduse" ; Ombre et lumière,1923.
Alexei von Jawlensky,
Tête de femme "Méduse": Ombre et lumière, 1923.
Image © Lyon MBA - Photo Martial Couderette

The Paintings in time

Select masterpieces

Wheat field in the Morvan region

Etretat

Portrait of a Woman Suffering from Obsessive Envy, also known as The Hyena of the Salpêtrière

Théodore Géricault, La Monomane de l'envie, vers 1819-1822.
Théodore Géricault,
La Monomane de l'envie, vers 1819-1822.
Image © Lyon MBA - Photo Alain Basset