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The Friends: a circle of art enthusiasts

As the leading patrons of the Orsay and Orangerie museums, our members share a passion for the art of the second half of the nineteenth century and the first third of the twentieth century

Galerie Cachin © Sophie Crépy /musée d’Orsay

Through their membership and generosity, the Friends support the growth of the collections of the Orsay and Orangerie museums. They also take part in the life of the Society by attending the General Assembly, where they elect the members of the Board of Directors.

The Administrators:

Members of the Executive Committee

  • Monsieur Jean-Louis MILIN – President
  • Maître Bertrand CHARDON – Vice President
  • Monsieur Laurent DASSAULT: Vice President
  • Madame Marie-Jeanne MEYER – Secretary General
  • Monsieur Bruno SOULIETreasurer
  • Madame Caroline ABECASSIS : Head of Development
Antoine ZOEGGER, Projet décor de la bibliothèque du Palais Nathaniel de Rothschild, vers 1875, don de Madame Geneviève Barrez par l'intermédiaire de la SAMO ©photo musée d’Orsay / rmn

Members of the Board of Directors

  • Madame Caroline ABECASSIS: Member of the Board
  • Madame Charlotte BOUYGUES
  • Madame Laurentine BURELLE
  • Monsieur Jean-Gabriel de BUEIL
  • Maître Bertrand CHARDON: Member of the Board – Vice President
  • Madame Marina CHARRIN
  • Monsieur Marc CHAUVEAU: Member of the Board – Treasurer
  • Monsieur Laurent DASSAULT: Member of the Board – Vice President
  • Madame Jacqueline FRANJOU
  • Monsieur Xavier de FROMENT
  • Monsieur Alan HOWARD
  • Monsieur Daniel MARCHESSEAU
  • Madame Marie-Jeanne MEYER
  • Monsieur Jean Louis MILIN: Member of the Board – President
  • Monsieur Olivier MILLE
  • Monsieur Alexandre MOURADIAN
  • Monsieur Louis NEGRE 
  • Monsieur Louis-Antoine PRAT
  • Monsieur Jean SOLANET
  • Monsieur Bruno SOULIÉ : member of the Executive Board – Treasurer
  • Maître François de RICQLÈS
  • Monsieur Hervé de VRIENDT
  • Monsieur Marc WEISBEIN

The Team

Always ready to lend an ear, the association’s delegates, regularly supported by interns, carry out the association’s daily endeavors by participating in its development, organizing programmed visits and tending to its communications.

Marie-Alix CAQUELARD
Director

Lan-Hsin ARNAUD
Executive Director 

Chloé BARBOSA COSTA
Programming Officer

Carla PARRO
Communications Officer

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