A Polish court on Monday ordered an unemployed construction worker who stole a painting by famed 19th century French impressionist Claude Monet to be put under psychiatric observation. "Psychiatric experts will have four weeks to observe Robert Z. and prepare their opinion," Krystyna Blaszczak, spokeswoman for the Poznan regional court told AFP. The 41-year-old suspect, identified only by his first ...

Ernst Beyeler, whose early eye for undervalued Picassos and Impressionists helped him assemble one of Europe's most famous art collections, has died, his Beyeler Foundation said Friday. He was 88. Beyeler died Thursday evening at his home near Basel, said the museum, which he created ...

MADRID (Reuters Life!) - Making the connection between one of the leaders of the impressionist movement, Claude Monet, and abstract art is the main aim of a new exhibition in the Spanish capital. More than 100 works to be shown from Monday in Madrid's Thyssen-Bornemisza museum will attempt to highlight the link between Monet (Paris 1840 - Giverny 1926) and a ...

MADRID (Reuters Life!) - Making the connection between leading Impressionist painter Claude Monet and abstract art is the main aim of a new exhibition in the Spanish capital. More than 100 works to be shown from Monday in Madrid's Thyssen-Bornemisza museum will draw attention to the link between Monet (Paris 1840 - Giverny 1926) and a stream of young, abstract, post-Second ...