The French painter Claude Monet (1840-1926) was the seminal figure in the evolution of impressionism, a pivotal style in the development of modern art.The second half of the 19th century witnessed pro...
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Associated as much with the inspiration for his art as with his many paintings, Claude Monet is considered by many to be the foremost, as well as the founding, member of the Impressionist school of pa...
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Claude Monet, one of the creators of impressionism, began his extraordinary life in Paris on November 14, 1820. In his youth, he began painting caricature portraits and displayed them at local art sup...
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Bidders shelled out $186 million in a sale of impressionist and modern art that ranked as one of Sotheby's biggest ever in Europe, the auction house said Tuesday.The sensation of the Monday night b...
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Intruders, apparently drunk, broke into the Orsay Museum through a back door early Sunday and punched a hole in a renowned work by Impressionist painter Claude Monet, the French culture minister sa...
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A woman who planted a lipstick-laden kiss on an all-white painting by the American artist Cy Twombly went on trial Tuesday, telling the court she had committed an "act of love" _ not a crime.Rindy ...
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The late supermarket tycoon Simon Sainsbury left 18 paintings worth as much as $200 million to the Tate Britain and the National Gallery in a bequest that the two galleries described as the most si...
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Question 1 of 10:Performing must be in
Martin
's blood, as his mother was a prize-winning...?Opera singerViolinist
Ballroom dancer
GymnastQuestion 2 of 10:It was while he was still working in a ch...
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When the National Art Center Tokyo was inaugurated Jan. 21, it
was expected to attract about 1.5 million visitors during its initial
year.
But the facility, which has become part of a tren...
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Last night, illustrious film director James Ivory was honored at the Trophée des Arts Gala in Gotham Hall—a fittingly cinematic space with soaring, ornamented ceilings and dreadful acous...
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Claude Monet
Claude Monet
Monet
Sotheby's sale fetches $186 million
