{"id":236,"date":"2007-12-05T11:39:08","date_gmt":"2007-12-05T11:39:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artcorner.com\/hole-in-monet-art-work\/"},"modified":"2007-12-05T11:39:08","modified_gmt":"2007-12-05T11:39:08","slug":"hole-in-monet-art-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.overstockart.com\/blog\/hole-in-monet-art-work\/","title":{"rendered":"Monet Art Receives a Lethal Blow"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.overstockart.com\/argenteuil1.html\"><img decoding=\"async\" vspace=\"3\" hspace=\"3\" border=\"0\" align=\"right\" alt=\"Monet Art Receives a Lethal Blow\" title=\"Monet Art Receives a Lethal Blow\" src=\"http:\/\/site.overstockart.com\/images\/monet-hole.gif\" \/><\/a>Intruders, broke into a Parisian Museum and punched a hole in a renowned work by Impressionist painter Claude Monet.<\/p>\n<p>A surveillance camera caught a group of drunken thugs entering the museum, which is the home of some major masterpieces of Impressionist artists, including the father of them all \u2013 Claude Monet.<\/p>\n<p>An alarm sounded and the group fled the scene, not before they took a swing at the difensless Monet Masterpiece, &#8220;Le Pont d&#8217;Argenteuil.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The painting could be restored, but the damage is heartbreaking. It always amazes me how an art object that is as important to the French as a Monet masterpiece gets violated in such an horrific manner.<\/p>\n<p>The painting looked to have been punched in with a fist, it bore an horizontal tear about 4 inches in length that exposed threads of canvas.<\/p>\n<p>French master, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.overstockart.com\/monrep.html\">Claude Monet<\/a> is considered by many as the father of the 19th century Impressionist movement, his masterpieces are sold by the millions and are deemed priceless.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Le Pont d&#8217;Argenteuil&#8221;, the masterpiece that was violated, shows a view of the Seine at a rural bend, featuring a bridge and boats.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Intruders, broke into a Parisian Museum and punched a hole in a renowned work by Impressionist painter Claude Monet. 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