Results for “impressionism”

Case

The Marmottan Monet Theft

In 1985 armed robbers took nine works from the Marmottan, including Monet's 'Impression, Sunrise' — the painting that gave Impressionism its name. All were recovered five years later in Corsica.

Artwork

Impression, Sunrise

The painting that gave Impressionism its name, stolen at gunpoint from the Marmottan in 1985 and recovered in Corsica in 1990.

Museum

Musée Marmottan Monet

Holder of the world's largest Monet collection, robbed at gunpoint in 1985 of the painting that named Impressionism.

Museum

Musée d'Orsay

The great Paris museum of Impressionism, and a repeated stage for Deborah De Robertis's provocative interventions.

Mishap

The Man Who Punched a Monet

A man punched Claude Monet's 'Argenteuil Basin with a Single Sailboat', tearing a hole through the canvas — later claiming he was protesting the European Union's influence on Ireland.