ORANGERIE MUSEUM REOPENS
A visitor walks between the "Yvonne And Christine Lerolle at The Piano" (C1897-1898) at left and "Young Girls At The Piano," (1892), both painted by French impressionist Pierre-Auguste Renoir, on display at one of the galleries of the Orangerie Museum in Paris, on May 2, 2006. The famed museum reopened its doors to the public after it was closed in 2000 to undergo major renovation work. (UPI Photo/Eco Clement)
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MILAN, Italy, Sept. 27 (UPI) -- Police say they have recovered a painting by Impressionist master Pierre-Auguste Renoir that was stolen more than 30 years ago in Italy.
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LONDON, June 19 (UPI) -- The sale of a Claude Monet painting at Christie's Auction house in London kicked off a week of huge sales on London's art market.
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CHICHESTER, England, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- In what has already become a tumultuous divorce, Heather Mills has alleged singer Paul McCartney had paintings secretly removed from her British home.
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MOSCOW, Nov. 23 (UPI) -- A second truck carrying $1 billion in French paintings, briefly seized by Switzerland, returned to Moscow Wednesday, reports said.
LE HAVRE, France, March 8 (UPI) -- The Havre museum announced Tuesday a gift of more than 200 major Impressionist, Fauvist, and other works of French art.
The sculptures of Pierre-Auguste Renoir, best known for his paintings, soon will be on display in Scottsdale, Ariz.
NEW YORK, Aug. 5 (UPI) -- The Morgan Library is giving a short summer course in French drawing guaranteed to give its visitors a better understanding of how art moved smoothly from Neocl
