An iconic Claude Monet painting, "Les Coquelicots" (Poppy Field), was vandalized at the Orsay Museum in Paris on Saturday by a climate activist from the French group Riposte Alimentaire.

This photo provided by Riposte Alimentaire shows an environmental activist posing by 'Poppy Field'' by Claude Monet at the Orsay museum, Saturday, June 1, 2024 in Paris.

The poppy came to be the symbol of remembrance of those who gave their lives in WWI after the publication of the poem “In Flanders Field” written by Lt. Colonel John McCrae.

This photo provided by Riposte Alimentaire shows an environmental activist posing by ‘Poppy Field” by Claude Monet at the Orsay museum, Saturday, June 1, 2024 in Paris.

A climate activist in Paris stuck a protest poster on Monet's ‘Poppy Field' It was unclear whether the incident damaged the 151-year-old painting. By The Associated Press • Published June 1, 2024 ...

France Museum Protest. ... The activist targeted "Poppy Field" by Claude Monet, affixing a sticker that covered about half the painting with an apocalyptic, futuristic vision of the same scene.