Michel Monet

Claude Monet's second son and heir, whose 1966 bequest of more than a hundred of his father's works made the Musée Marmottan the largest Monet collection in the world.

Details

Lived: 1878–1966
Born: 1878
Died: 1966
Nationality: French
Roles: Collector

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Claude Monet

Painter

Child of

Claude Monet's younger son and his sole heir. The paintings that stayed in the family passed to the Musée Marmottan through him.

— The museum and its history — Musée Marmottan Monet; Claude Monet — Musée Marmottan Monet

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Bequeathed collection to · 1966

Musée Marmottan Monet

He made the museum his universal legatee rather than the French state, and on his death in 1966 it received the house at Giverny and more than a hundred canvases that had stayed in the family, including a group of large Water Lilies. The museum has held the largest Monet collection in the world since.

— The museum and its history — Musée Marmottan Monet; Claude Monet — Musée Marmottan Monet

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Bequeathed collection to · 1966

Musée Marmottan Monet

— The museum and its history — Musée Marmottan Monet; Claude Monet — Musée Marmottan Monet

Child of

Claude Monet

Claude Monet's younger son and his sole heir. The paintings that stayed in the family passed to the Musée Marmottan through him.

— The museum and its history — Musée Marmottan Monet; Claude Monet — Musée Marmottan Monet