1882
oil
canvas
From the collection of Art Institute of Chicago
Dominant colour
Cliff Walk at Pourville is a 1882 oil by Claude Monet, a Impressionism work, held at Art Institute of Chicago.
You see a woman walking along a cliff path in this painting. The path is lined with trees and flowers, and the sea is visible in the background. This was a tough time for the artist, he had lost his wife and was facing financial struggles. Check out the work of Claude Monet to learn more about his life and art.
In February 1882, Claude Monet went to Normandy to paint, one of many such expeditions that he made in the 1880s. This was also a retreat from personal and professional pressures. His wife, Camille, had died three years earlier, and Monet had entered into a domestic arrangement with Alice Hoschedé (whom he would marry in 1892, after her husband's death). France was in the midst of a lengthy economic recession that affected Monet's sales. In addition, the artist was unenthusiastic about the upcoming seventh Impressionist exhibition—divisions within the group had become pronounced by this…
Hayes, by Mar. 1, 1883 [per Galeries Durand-Ruel 1883]. Hermann Kapferer, Paris, by July 17, 1888 [per Durand-Ruel, Paris, stock book for 1888 (no. 1687), as confirmed by Paul-Louis Durand-Ruel and Flavie Durand-Ruel, Durand-Ruel Archives, to the Art Institute of Chicago, Oct. 5, 2010, curatorial object file. Wildenstein 1996 does not include Hermann Kapferer in the painting’s provenance and claims that Durand-Ruel purchased the painting from Monet in October 1882; the Durand-Ruel Archives are unable to support this claim]; sold to Durand-Ruel, Paris, July 17, 1888, for 1,200 francs [per…
Paris, Galeries Durand-Ruel, Exposition des oeuvres de Claude Monet, Mar. 1–25, 1883, cat. 20, as Promenade sur la Falaise. Appartenant à M. Hayes. London, Dowdeswell and Dowdeswell, Paintings, Drawings and Pastels by Members of “La Société des Impressionnistes,” Apr.–July 1883, cat. 32, as Promenade sur la falaise. Possibly Weimar, Permanenten Ausstellung für Kunst und Kunstgewerbe, c. June 1–c. Dec. 12, 1890, as Strand von Pourville. Brussels, Libre Esthétique, Exposition des peintres Impressionnistes, Feb. 25–Mar. 29, 1904, cat. 109, as Falaises de Dieppe. Appartient à M. Durand-Ruel.…
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Oscar-Claude Monet was born in Paris on November 14, 1840, and raised from the age of five in Le Havre, where he began selling charcoal caricatures as a teenager.
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