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Claude Monet was born November 14, 1840 in Paris and died December 5, 1926 about 75 kilometres from Paris in his home at Giverny, Normandy. During his prolific career as an artist, he painted hundreds of works of art with a passion to capture his impressions of the French countryside and beyond. With works by the beloved artist and founder of French Impressionism on view across the globe (literally there are numerous \u201cMonets\u201d in museums and galleries on every continent except Antarctica) what better way to celebrate the painters 174th<\/sup>\u00a0<\/span>birthday than enjoying the many gifts he left to art lovers?<\/span><\/p>\n Here\u2019s a list of some the best places to see the biggest collections and more important works by the artist. Mus\u00e9e Marmottan Monet<\/span><\/strong> This Paris museum is home to the<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>world\u2019s largest collection of works by Monet with more than three hundred\u00a0Impressionist\u00a0and\u00a0Post-Impressionist\u00a0paintings by the artist. <\/span><\/p>\n Mus\u00e9e de l’Orangerie<\/span><\/strong> \u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n France\u2019s national\u00a0<\/span><\/span>collection of works by Monet can be found at this popular museum in central Paris and includes many early works and notable pieces such as\u00a0<\/span>Luncheon on the Grass and Water Lilies Evening Effect. <\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Metropolitan Museum of Fine Art<\/strong> Claude Monet was born November 14, 1840 in Paris and died December 5, 1926 about 75 kilometres from Paris in his home at Giverny, Normandy. During his prolific career as an artist, he painted hundreds of works of art with a passion to capture his impressions of the French countryside and beyond. With works by […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[71],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-98880373","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98880373","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=98880373"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98880373\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":98896932,"href":"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98880373\/revisions\/98896932"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=98880373"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=98880373"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=98880373"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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\n<\/span>2 Rue Louis Boilly, 75016 Paris<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n
\n<\/span>Jardin Tuileries, 75001 Paris<\/span><\/em>
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\nL\u2019Orangerie boasts the Monet masterpiece, Monet’s large scale masterpiece\u00a0<\/span>Les d\u00e9corations des Nympheas<\/em>\u00a0<\/span>(Water Lilies) as a key component of its fabulous fine art collection. The complete work (two paintings) is displayed in two oval rooms especially designed for them.
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\nMus\u00e9e d\u2019Orsay<\/strong>
\n<\/span>1 Rue de la L\u00e9gion d’Honneur, 75007 Paris<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n
\n<\/span>Mus\u00e9e Municipal A.G. Poulain<\/span><\/strong>
\n<\/span>12 Rue du Pont, 27207 Vernon, France<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n
\nThis museum is the closest to Giverny, where the artist lived out the last four decades of his life. Important works here include two paintings given by Monet himself to the town.
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\nMuseum of Fine Arts, Boston<\/strong>
\n<\/span>465 Huntington Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02115<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n
\nBoston\u2019s MFA has a collection of 39 works by Monet, one of the largest collections outside of Paris. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n
\n1000 5th Avenue, New York, New York 10028<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n
\nKey works by Monet at the Met include\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Bridge over a Pond of Water Lilies<\/span><\/em>,\u00a0<\/span>Camille\u00a0Monet<\/strong>\u00a0on a Garden Bench<\/em>,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Haystacks (Effect of Snow and Sun)<\/span><\/em>, and\u00a0<\/span>The Houses of Parliament (Effect of Fog)<\/em>. <\/span>
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