Editing Claude Monet (section)

==Legacy==
Speaking of Monet's body of work, Wildenstein said that it is "so extensive that its very ambition and diversity challenges our understanding of its importance".{{Sfn|Wildenstein|1978|p=11}} His paintings produced at Giverny and under the influence of cataracts have been said to create a link between Impressionism and [[20th-century art|twentieth-century art]] and modern [[abstract art]], respectively.<ref name=":0" />{{Sfn|Wildenstein|1978|p=11}} His later works were a "major" inspiration to [[Objective abstraction]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Bohm-Duchen|first=Monica|date=2003|title=Objective Abstraction|url=https://doi.org/10.1093/gao/9781884446054.article.T063148|website=[[Oxford Art Online]]|doi=10.1093/gao/9781884446054.article.T063148|access-date=3 June 2021|archive-date=17 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417234751/https://www.oxfordartonline.com/groveart/display/10.1093/gao/9781884446054.001.0001/oao-9781884446054-e-7000063148;jsessionid=2E3C734D83F5DDBA93FFC725302B8A0F|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Ellsworth Kelly]], following a formative experience at Giverny, paid homage to Monet's works created there with ''Tableau Vert'' (1952).{{sfn|Easton|2009|pp=866–867}} Monet has been called an "intermediary" between tradition and [[modernism]]—his work has been examined in relation to [[Postmodern art|postmodernism]] and influenced Bazille, Sisley, Renoir, and Pissarro.{{sfn|Tinterow|Loyrette|1994|p=418}}{{sfn|Easton|2009|pp=866–867}} Monet is now the most famous of the Impressionists; as a result of his contributions to the movement, he "exerted a huge influence on late 19th-century art".{{sfn|Brettell|Hayes Tucker|Henderson Lee|2009|pp=63}}<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Chilvers|first1=Ian|title=A Dictionary of Modern and Contemporary Art|last2=Glaves-Smith|first2=John|publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]|year=2009|isbn=9780199239665|edition=2nd|chapter=Monet, Claude}}</ref>

[[File:Musée de L'Orangerie Water Lilies Room.jpg|thumb|''[[Water Lilies]]'' on display in the [[Musée de l'Orangerie]] in Paris]]
In May 1927, 27 panel paintings were displayed in the [[Musée de l'Orangerie]], following lengthy negotiations with the French government.{{Sfn|Bailey|Rishel|Rosenthal|1989|pp=58}} Because his later works were ignored by artists, art historians, critics, and the public, few attended the showing.{{sfn|Easton|2009|pp=866–867}} In the 1950s, Monet's later works were "rediscovered" by the [[Abstract expressionism|Abstract Expressionists]], who used similar canvases{{clarify|date=October 2023|reason="similar canvases"?}} and were uninterested in the blunt and ideological art of the war.{{sfn|Easton|2009|pp=866–867}}<ref name=":63"/> A 1952 essay by [[André Masson]] helped change the perception of the paintings and inspired an appreciation that began to take shape in 1956–1957.{{sfn|Easton|2009|pp=866–867}} The next year, a fire in the [[Museum of Modern Art]] would see the ''Water Lilies'' paintings it had acquired burn.{{sfn|Easton|2009|pp=866–867}} The large-scale nature of Monet's later paintings proved to be difficult for some museums, which resulted in their altering the framing.{{sfn|Easton|2009|pp=866–867}}

In 1978, [[Monet's garden]] in Giverny—which had grown decrepit over fifty years—was restored and opened to the public.<ref name=":3" /> In 2004, ''[[London, the Parliament, Effects of Sun in the Fog]]'' (''Londres, le Parlement, trouée de soleil dans le brouillard''; 1904), sold for US$20.1&nbsp;million.<ref>[http://newsfromrussia.com/science/2004/11/05/57003.html "Monet's masterpiece reaches record high bid"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061217025326/http://newsfromrussia.com/science/2004/11/05/57003.html |date=17 December 2006 }} newsfromrussia.com, 5 November 2004. Retrieved 6 January 2007.</ref> In 2006, the journal ''[[Proceedings of the Royal Society]]'' published a paper providing evidence that these were painted in situ at [[St Thomas' Hospital|St. Thomas' Hospital]] over the river [[Thames]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/monet/Tour_Thumbnails1/0,3992,209038,00.html |title=Virtual Monet Thumbnails Pg 1 &#124; Special reports |work=The Guardian |access-date=5 June 2012}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Grovier |first=Kelly |date=21 October 2024 |title='A mesmerising mirage': How Monet's paintings changed the way we see London |url=https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20241018-how-monets-paintings-changed-the-way-we-see-london |access-date=2024-10-22 |website=[[BBC]] |language=en-GB}}</ref> In 1981, [[Ronald Pickvance]] noted that Monet's works after 1880 were increasingly receiving scholarly attention.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Pickvance|first=Ronald|date=1981|title=Paris. Monet Symposium|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/880522|journal=The Burlington Magazine|volume=123|issue=945|pages=760|jstor=880522|issn=0007-6287|access-date=6 June 2021|archive-date=6 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210606161614/https://www.jstor.org/stable/880522|url-status=live}}</ref>

''Falaises près de Dieppe'' (''Cliffs Near Dieppe'') has been stolen on two occasions, once in 1998 (in which the museum's curator was convicted of the theft and jailed for five years and two months, along with two accomplices) and again in August 2007.<ref name="artforum">{{cite web | title = Monet and Others Stolen in Museum Heist in Nice | publisher = artforum.com | date = 8 August 2007 | url = http://www.artforum.com/archive/id=15630 | access-date = 8 August 2007 | archive-date = 21 August 2007 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070821212247/http://www.artforum.com/archive/id=15630 | url-status = live }}</ref> It was recovered in June 2008.<ref name="msnrecovery">{{cite web | title = French police recover stolen Monet painting | publisher = artforum.com | date = 1 October 2009 | url = https://www.today.com/popculture/french-police-recover-stolen-monet-painting-wbna24973627 | access-date = 1 October 2009 | archive-date = 30 September 2020 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200930202610/https://www.today.com/popculture/french-police-recover-stolen-monet-painting-wbna24973627 | url-status = live }}</ref>

On 14 November 2001, a [[Google Doodle]] was made for Claude Monet's 161st birthday, depicting the Google logo in Monet's signature style.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Claude Monet's 161st Birthday|url=https://doodles.google/doodle/claude-monets-161st-birthday/|access-date=2 January 2023|website=Google|language=en|archive-date=3 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230103055008/https://www.google.com/doodles/claude-monets-161st-birthday|url-status=live}}</ref> It was the first Google Doodle made for someone's birthday.

Monet's ''Le Pont du chemin de fer à Argenteuil'', an 1873 painting of a [[railway bridge]] spanning the [[Seine]] near Paris, was bought by an anonymous telephone bidder for a record $41.4&nbsp;million at [[Christie's]] auction in New York on 6 May 2008. The previous record for a Monet painting stood at $36.5&nbsp;million.<ref>{{cite news |agency=New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/06/arts/design/06cnd-auction.html?_r=0 |title=Record Price for Monet at Auction |newspaper=The New York Times |date=6 May 2008 |access-date=19 January 2010 |last1=Vogel |first1=Carol |archive-date=2 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161202061439/http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/06/arts/design/06cnd-auction.html?_r=0 |url-status=live }}</ref> A few weeks later, ''[[Le bassin aux nymphéas]]'' (from the water lilies series) sold at Christie's 24 June 2008 auction in London<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.christies.com/lotfinder/lot_details.aspx?intObjectID=5100003&CID=5447010003801a|title=Le Bassin Aux Nymphéas|publisher=Christies of London|date=24 June 2008|access-date=24 June 2008|archive-date=13 January 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090113181327/http://www.christies.com/lotfinder/lot_details.aspx?intObjectID=5100003&CID=5447010003801a|url-status=live}}</ref> for £40,921,250 ($80,451,178), nearly doubling the record for the artist.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7470832.stm|title=Monet work auctioned for £40.9m|work=BBC News|date=24 June 2008|access-date=24 June 2008|archive-date=11 October 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081011012400/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7470832.stm|url-status=live}}</ref> This purchase represented one of the top 20 [[List of most expensive paintings|highest prices paid for a painting]] at the time.

In October 2013, Monet's paintings ''L'Eglise de Vétheuil'' and ''Le Bassin aux Nympheas'' became subjects of a legal case in New York against New York-based Vilma Bautista, one-time aide to [[Imelda Marcos]], wife of dictator [[Ferdinand Marcos]],<ref name="Associated Press">[http://globalnation.inquirer.net/88049/ex-imelda-marcos-aide-on-trial-in-nyc-for-selling-monet-work Ex-Imelda Marcos aide on trial in NYC for selling Monet work] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131017041108/http://globalnation.inquirer.net/88049/ex-imelda-marcos-aide-on-trial-in-nyc-for-selling-monet-work |date=17 October 2013 }}. Associated Press. 17 October 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2013.</ref> after she sold ''Le Bassin aux Nympheas'' for $32&nbsp;million to a Swiss buyer. The said Monet paintings, along with two others, were acquired by Imelda during her husband's presidency and allegedly bought using the nation's funds. Bautista's lawyer claimed that the aide sold the painting for Imelda but did not have a chance to give her the money. The Philippine government seeks the return of the painting.<ref name="Associated Press" /> ''Le Bassin aux Nympheas'', also known as ''Japanese Footbridge over the Water-Lily Pond at Giverny'', is part of Monet's famed Water Lilies series.

A sympathetic portrait of Claude Monet can be found in R. W. Meek's historical fiction novels ''The Dream Collector, Book I''<ref>{{Cite book |last=Meek |first=R. w. |title=The Dream Collector, Book I Sabrine & Sigmund Freud |publisher=Historium Press |year=2023 |isbn=978-1-962465-13-7 |location=NY, NY}}</ref> and ''Book II''.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Meek |first=R. w. |title=The Dream Collector, Book II Sabrine & Vincent van Gogh |publisher=Historium Press |year=2024 |isbn=978-1-962465-34-2 |location=NY, NY}}</ref> Monet's documented attack of hysterical blindness is reimagined and cured through hypnosis by the dream collector, Julie Forette.

=== Nazi looting ===
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Under the Nazi regime, both in Germany from 1933 and in German-occupied countries until 1945, Jewish art collectors of Monet were robbed by Nazis and their agents. Several of the stolen artworks have been returned to their rightful owners, while others have been the object of court battles. In 2014, during the spectacular discovery of a hidden trove of art in Munich, a Monet that had belonged to a Jewish retail magnate was found in the suitcase of [[Cornelius Gurlitt (art collector)|Cornelius Gurlitt]], the son of one of [[Adolf Hitler|Hitler's]] official dealers of looted art, [[Hildebrand Gurlitt]].<ref>{{Cite news|date=5 September 2014|title=Cornelius Gurlitt: Monet found in art hoarder's suitcase|language=en-GB|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-29085509|access-date=8 February 2021|archive-date=10 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210210082347/https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-29085509|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=5 September 2014|title=Monet Landscape Found in Gurlitt's Suitcase|url=https://news.artnet.com/art-world/monet-landscape-found-in-gurlitts-suitcase-94471|access-date=8 February 2021|website=[[Artnet]]|language=en-US|archive-date=28 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210128162825/https://news.artnet.com/art-world/monet-landscape-found-in-gurlitts-suitcase-94471|url-status=live}}</ref>

Examples of Nazi-looted Monet works include:
*''Bord de Mer'', purchased by Austrians Adalbert and Hilda Parlagi in 1936. After the ''[[Anschluss]]'', they fled in 1938, leaving it in a Vienna warehouse. It resurfaced in France in 2016 and was restored to the Parlagis' granddaughters in 2024.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/09/politics/monet-bord-de-mer-stolen-nazis-returned/index.html |title=Rare Monet returned to family more than 80 years after it was stolen by Nazis |first=Hannah |last=Rabinowitz |date=9 October 2024 |publisher=CNN |accessdate=9 October 2024}}</ref>
*''Haystacks at Giverny'' belonged to [[René Gimpel]], a French Jewish art dealer killed in a Nazi concentration camp.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Heirs of Holocaust victim to get compensation from sale of looted Monet|url=https://www.haaretz.com/jewish/nazi-victim-s-heirs-to-get-paid-for-looted-monet-1.5349732|access-date=8 February 2021|newspaper=Haaretz|language=en|archive-date=11 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210211021944/https://www.haaretz.com/jewish/nazi-victim-s-heirs-to-get-paid-for-looted-monet-1.5349732|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=JTA|title=Heirs to get share of looted Monet sale|url=http://www.timesofisrael.com/heirs-of-nazi-victim-to-get-compensation-from-sale-of-looted-monet/|access-date=8 February 2021|website=www.timesofisrael.com|language=en-US|archive-date=15 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210215011802/https://www.timesofisrael.com/heirs-of-nazi-victim-to-get-compensation-from-sale-of-looted-monet/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* ''Nymphéas'', stolen by Nazis in 1940 from [[Paul Rosenberg (art dealer)|Paul Rosenberg]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=4 May 1999|title=Art - Le tableau de Monet attendait depuis 50 ans Le Nymphéas était là ...(photo)|url=https://www.lorientlejour.com/article/285548/Art_-_Le_tableau_de_Monet_attendait_depuis_50_ans_Le_Nympheas_etait_la_...%2528photo%2529.html|access-date=8 February 2021|website=L'Orient-Le Jour|archive-date=19 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210719162931/https://www.lorientlejour.com/article/285548/Art_-_Le_tableau_de_Monet_attendait_depuis_50_ans_Le_Nympheas_etait_la_...%2528photo%2529.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
* ''Au Parc Monceau'', previously owned by [[Ludwig Kainer]], whose vast collection was looted by the Nazis.<ref>{{Cite news|date=18 October 2014|title=Plainte d'une famille juive contre UBS pour des oeuvres d'art pillées par les nazis|language=fr|work=Le Temps|url=https://www.letemps.ch/economie/plainte-dune-famille-juive-contre-ubs-oeuvres-dart-pillees-nazis|access-date=8 February 2021|issn=1423-3967|archive-date=14 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210214161951/https://www.letemps.ch/economie/plainte-dune-famille-juive-contre-ubs-oeuvres-dart-pillees-nazis|url-status=live}}</ref>
* ''Le Repos Dans Le Jardin Argenteuil'', previously owned by Henry and Maria Newman, stolen from a Berlin bank vault, settlement with the Metropolitan Museum of Art.<ref>{{Cite web|date=7 February 2020|title=Met To Sell Monet|url=https://www.forbes.com/2002/05/01/0501pow.html%234f903c751a75|access-date=8 February 2021|website=archive.today|archive-date=7 February 2020|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200207154127/https://www.forbes.com/2002/05/01/0501pow.html%234f903c751a75|url-status=live}}</ref>
* ''La Seine à Asnières/Les Péniches sur la Seine'', formerly owned by Mrs. Fernand Halphen, taken by agents of the German Embassy in Paris on 10 July 1940.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Cultural Plunder by the Einsatzstab Reichsleiter Rosenberg: Database of Art Objects at the Jeu de Paume: Owner: Fernand Halphen — Paris, France|url=https://www.errproject.org/jeudepaume/card_view.php?CardId=52795|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180614104054/https://www.errproject.org/jeudepaume/card_view.php?CardId=52795 |archive-date=14 June 2018 |access-date=|website=}}</ref>

Monet's ''Le Palais Ducal'', and his 1880 work, ''Poppy Field near Vétheuil'', formerly in the collection of [[Max Emden]], have been the object of restitution claims.<ref>{{Cite web |last=D'Arcy |first=David |date=2020-07-08 |title=Heirs battle estate over $30m Monet painting from Emden collection sold during Nazi era |url=https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2020/07/08/heirs-battle-estate-over-dollar30m-monet-painting-from-emden-collection-sold-during-nazi-era |access-date=2023-06-30 |website=The Art Newspaper - International art news and events |quote=The dispute over the Monet is framed by the saga of Max Emden’s persecution once the Nazis took power in 1933 and the seizure or sale of his property.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Hickley |first=Catherine |date=2021-10-11 |title=A Nazi Legacy Haunts a Museum's New Galleries |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/11/arts/design/kunsthaus-zurich-buhrle-collection.html |access-date=2023-06-30 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> "La Mare, Snow Effect" ("La Mare, effect de neige") was the object of a settlement with the heirs of [[Richard Semmel]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Monet painting sold by Jewish owner after fleeing Nazis to be auctioned after settlement with heirs |url=https://www.lootedart.com/news.php?r=VEHCJR220921 |access-date=2023-06-30 |website=www.lootedart.com}}</ref>