Cliffs at Varengeville

Date: 1882
Medium: oil on canvas
Location: private collection
Dimensions: 65 x 81

The painting shows a coastal landscape with cliffs and open sea. The cliffs are brownish with vegetation, which is especially visible in the foreground. The sea has shades of blue and green and more coastline can be seen on the horizon. The whole scene is shrouded in a fine sea mist which gives the scene a slightly mysterious appearance.

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Monet painted picture Cliffs at Varengeville in 1882. Prevailing color of this fine art print is green and its shape is landscape. Original size is 65 x 81. This art piece is located in a private collection This image is printed on demand - you can choose material, size and finishing.

Claude Oscar Monet (1840-1926). A native Parisian, who thoroughly developed the idea of Impressionism. Monet almost scientifically studied the effect of light on different objects. He devoted himself to so called transitory states, which quickly led him to work with colour and light, his paintings acting on the viewer from the first impression. His use of open-air painting and objects which were special only because of light opened the way for the beginnings of modern painting. Monet’s Impression, Sunrise (1874) not only gave the name to the whole art movement, but secured Monet a place among the best painters of all times. At one time, he resided in London and created his famous study Houses of Parliament (Monet wondered, How could the English painters paint Parliament when it cannot be seen for the fog?). In the Giverny, which became his favourite retreat after the death of his wife, he painted motifs from his garden and the popular series Water Lilies - the world of the water was as poetic and mysterious as a primordial paradise.