$4 million Monet donated to Canadian museum
- May 06, 2010 19:55
A Claude Monet painting depicting dramatic rock formations on the coast of Normandy has joined the permanent collection of the National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa, reports CBC News.
Montreal arts patron, collector and philanthropist Marjorie Bronfman has given Rock Needle seen through the Porte d'Aval — an oil-on-canvas work the French impressionist master painted in 1886.
Monet, who was raised in Normandy in the northwestern French city Le Havre, returned to the region over his lifetime to capture its landscapes and, in the case of the town of Étretat, its famed cliffs.
![Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish, 1577–1640), After Titian (Tiziano Vecelli) (Italian [Venetian], c. 1488–1576), Rape of Europa, 1628–29. Oil on canvas, 71 7/8 x 79 3/8 in.](/images/c/e2/2e/Jan20_Rape_of_Europa100x100_c.jpg "Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish, 1577–1640), After Titian (Tiziano Vecelli) (Italian [Venetian], c. 1488–1576), Rape of Europa, 1628–29. Oil on canvas, 71 7/8 x 79 3/8 in.")
