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In the past, an art historian or two would sometimes venture here to the edge of the Bois de Boulogne to see what Paul Marmottan had donated to the Académie des Beaux-Arts. Hardly anyone else did until 1966, when Claude Monet's son Michel died in a car crash, leaving a then-$10 million bequest of his father's art to the little museum. The Académie suddenly found itself with 130-plus paintings, watercolors, pastels, Read more
Musee Marmottan Claude Monet is nestled in on the east side of the Bois de Boulogne, by Ranelagh Park. Housed in a 19th century townhouse, you will... Read more
Upon his death in 1926, painter Claude Monet left his property to his son who, 40 years later, handed it over to the Academie des Beaux-Arts (Academy of Fine Arts). Concealed Read more
Musee Marmottan Monet stocks some of the world's most famous artists from various periods. Visitors can see art from the Early Renaissance period, the First French Read more