1885
oil
canvas
From the collection of Art Institute of Chicago
Dominant colour
Étretat: The Beach and the Falaise d'Amont is a 1885 oil by Claude Monet, a Impressionism work, held at Art Institute of Chicago.
You see a beach with cliffs and fishing boats in this painting. The scene is quiet, with no tourists around. Monet painted this during the offseason, which is why it looks so empty. He used color to show the mood of the scene, and if you want to learn more about how he played with light, look up the technique of chiaroscuro.
Claude Monet painted this sun-soaked scene of the cliffs of Amont in Étretat on the northern coast of France in saturated tones of blue, orange, and pink. Étretat was a popular tourist destination, but Monet decided to travel there with his family during the town’s offseason, in the fall and winter of 1885. Instead of bustling with travelers, as it would have been during the summer months, the beach appears desolate aside from a small grouping of local fishing boats gathered at the shore. This is one of thirty-five works that comprise the Winterbotham Collection. Click here to learn more…
Bongniat et Cie [per Wildenstein 1996]. Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, by Aug. 1, 1912 [this and the three following per Durand-Ruel, Paris, stock book for 1913 (no. 10089, as Falaises à Etretat, 1876), 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]; half-share to Durand-Ruel, Paris, Aug. 1, 1912, for 3,500 francs; remaining half-share sold to Durand-Ruel, Paris, Jan. 13, 1916; sent to Durand-Ruel, New York, Feb. 1916; sold to Chester Johnson, Chicago, June 29, 1929 [per Durand-Ruel, New York,…
Boston, Brooks Reed Gallery, Tableaux Durand-Ruel, Oct. 1916. Cincinnati Art Museum, French Painters of the So-Called Impressionist School, Nov. 1926. Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Collectors: An Exhibition Sponsored by the Men’s Council of the Art Institute, Sept. 20–Oct. 27, 1963, no cat. no. Tulsa, Okla., Philbrook Art Center, French and American Impressionism, Oct. 2–Nov. 26, 1967, cat. 7. Art Institute of Chicago, Paintings by Monet, Mar. 15–May 11, 1975, cat. 58 (ill.). Art Institute of Chicago, Claude Monet, 1840–1926, July 22–Nov. 26, 1995, cat. 81 (ill.). Art Institute of…
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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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