Claude Monet Had Cataracts In his 60s, Monet started having problems with his eyesight. In 1913, Richard Liebreich, a German ophthalmologist, suspected Monet had cataracts and recommended surgery.

A Claude Monet pastel painting stolen by Nazis from a Jewish family during World War II, which vanished for decades only to show up with a Louisiana art dealer, was returned Wednesday in New ...