The BNP Paribas Foundation  provides patronage to French museums by contributing to the restoration of works of art and by helping to make them better known. 

That is why it is helping the Musée d’Orsay in its lengthy task of restoring its pastels, created with crayons of a texture of chalk or plaster. With the exhibition, called “The Mystery of Light – Pastels at the Musée d’Orsay” from 8 October 2008 to 1 February 2009, the museum hopes to re 

The BNP store this neglected art form to its rightful place.

From Delacroix to Millet and Redon, the pastels at the Musée D’Orsay display unusual refinement and sensitivity as well as an extraordinary capacity for artistic expression. A subtle exhibition full of colour that should not be missed…

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