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Musée Marmottan Monet
A small museum in a former hunting lodge in western Paris, which has the world's largest collection of Monet, including the painting Impression, Sunrise that gave Impressionism its name.
History of the museum
Paul Marmottan, a collector of Napoleonic art, left his mansion and its collections to the Academy of Fine Arts in 1932 and it opened as a museum in 1934. In 1966 Monet's son Michel left it the paintings that remained in the artist's house, including many water lilies. Impression, Sunrise had come in 1940 as a gift. Thieves stole it in 1985, and it was found again in 1990.
Top pieces
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Impression, Sunrise Claude Monet, 1872