Beach in Pourville is a painting by French artist Claude Monet. It was painted in 1882, one of a series of oil-on-canvas works made by Monet that year in the small seaside resort of Pourville-sur-Mer , near Dieppe in northern France. Monet is considered one of the most important members of the group of painters identified as the Impressionists. The painting was bought by the National Museum, Poznań, Poland in 1906 and exhibited in the display of their collection. The painting was stolen from the Poznań National Museum in September 2000. It was cut out of its frame and replaced with... a copy, which had been painted on cardboard. At the time, the painting was valued at more than $1 million, and was the only painting by Monet on public display in Poland. The theft was discovered on 19 September 2000, and police searched for a man who had been seen making sketches of paintings in the museum two days earlier. The painting was recovered on 12 January 2010.
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| Artist: | Claude Monet |
| Artform: | Painting |
| Date completed: | 1882 |
| Genre: | Marine art, Landscape art |