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SpookyWriter
10-08-2007, 01:03 AM
That just sucks.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071007/ap_en_ot/france_monet_damaged


By CECILE ALMENDROS, Associated Press Writer Sun Oct 7, 1:16 PM ET

PARIS - Intruders entered the Orsay Museum early Sunday and punched a hole in a renowned work by Impressionist painter Claude Monet, the French culture minister said. She described the damage as an attack on "our memory, our patrimony."

A surveillance camera caught a group entering the museum, which houses a major collection of Impressionist art on the Left Bank of the French capital along the Seine River.

An alarm sounded and the group left, but not before damaging an invaluable painting, "Le Pont d'Argenteuil," an aide to Culture Minister Christine Albanel said by telephone.

InfinityGoddess
10-08-2007, 01:35 AM
:( That poor poor painting...*cries*

SC Harrison
10-08-2007, 06:47 AM
It was one of a handful of paintings that really caught my eye and pulled me in. The way he reproduced the water was brilliant. For someone to want to destroy such a thing is...I haven't the words.

Anyway, here it is, as seen through the eye of my camera:

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h34/scharrison/argenteuil.jpg