Claude Monet (late 1800s-early 1900s): Art, History and Details

Claude Monet (late 1800s-early 1900s) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection. The museum's creator attribution is Paul Paulin (French, 1852–1937).

The work and its context

The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:

Paul Paulin was a renowned Parisian dentist who had a passion for sculpting and was encouraged by Edgar Degas to pursue an artistic career. Paulin is best known for his portrait busts of notable Impressionists. There are related versions of this portrait bust of the celebrated painter Claude Monet at three museums in Paris: the Petit Palais (plaster), the Musée d'Orsay (bronze), and the Musée Rodin (bronze).

Object facts

• Title: Claude Monet
• Date: late 1800s-early 1900s
• Creator attribution: Paul Paulin (French, 1852–1937)
• Culture: France, 20th century
• Type: Sculpture
• Technique: bronze, marble base
• Dimensions: Overall: 45.1 cm (17 3/4 in.)
• Collection: Mod Euro - Sculpture 1800-1960
• Department: Modern European Painting and Sculpture
• Accession number: 1980.275

A detail from the museum

In addition to Claude Monet, Paul Paulin also made portrait busts of Edgar Degas, August Renoir, Camille Pissarro, and Auguste Rodin.

Collection credit

Bequest of Noah L. Butkin

Further reading listed by the museum

• Lee, Sherman E. "The Year in Review for 1980." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 68, no. 6 (1981): 163-219.

View the collection record

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