Musée Marmottan Monet, Art museum in 16th arrondissement, Paris, France
The Musée Marmottan Monet is an art museum in the 16th arrondissement of Paris that holds more than 300 Impressionist and Post-Impressionist paintings. The collection includes the largest number of Claude Monet works in the world, among them his famous painting Impression, Sunrise.
The building once served as a hunting lodge for the Duke of Valmy before Jules Marmottan acquired it in 1882. His son Paul later expanded the art collection and opened the house as a museum in 1934.
The museum carries the name of Paul Marmottan, who left his house and collections to the Académie des Beaux-Arts in 1932; it added Monet's name in the 1990s. The title Impression, Sunrise was coined by critic Louis Leroy, who used Monet's canvas title ironically to name the movement. The Berthe Morisot collection, bequeathed by her grandchildren in 1993, is the largest public holding of her work.
The entrance is at 2 rue Louis-Boilly in the 16th arrondissement, near the Ranelagh garden and the Bois de Boulogne. Métro Line 9 stops at La Muette; RER C stations Avenue Henri-Martin and Boulainvilliers are also close. The Monet collection occupies a large hall built beneath the garden, reached from the house.
Michel Monet, the painter's son, gave the museum a large collection of his father's works in 1966. This donation fundamentally changed the character of the house and made it an important destination for admirers of Impressionism.
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