Ships in the Port of Honfleur

Date: 1917
Medium: oil on canvas
Location: Musee Marmottan Monet, Paříž, Francie
Dimensions: 50 x 61

This painting shows an impressionistic landscape with a harbour motif. It features sailing ships sailing on a calm water surface with city buildings and a tall chimney in the background. The colors are mixed with light brush strokes, giving the scene a dreamy and idyllic character. The work is signed in the lower right corner, "Claude Monet."

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Monet painted picture Ships in the Port of Honfleur in 1917. Prevailing color of this fine art print is blue and its shape is landscape. Original size is 50 x 61. This art piece is located in Musee Marmottan Monet, Paříž, Francie. 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.