The Musée d’Orsay is a museum in Paris dedicated to French art dating from 1848 to 1914, including paintings, sculptures, furniture, and photography

Beside the impressionnists painting, you can discover the work of François Pompon (1856 - 1933), a French sculptor.

Born in Saulieu in Burgundy, he moved to Paris and worked as Rodin’s assistant. He became famous for his stylized animal still 1922 with L’ Ours Blanc (”the White Bear” also known as “Polar Bear in Stride “), hudge marble sculpture largely reproduced (Jardin Darcy – Dijon, for example). The original is at the Musee d’Orsay in Paris.

François Pompon may be considered as a forerunner of modern sculpture, and influenced Brancusi, among others.