The cliffs at Etretat

Date: 1885
Medium: oil on canvas
Location: Sterling & Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, USA
Dimensions: 65.3 x 81

In the winter of 1868 and 1869, the Monet attention riveted on Etratu in Normandy, where he, like other artists, such as Courbet captivated scenic characteristics of this place. Landscape with a beautiful coastline pleased him so much that he returned to it at least once a year in the period 1883-1883, and let it inspire you to create more than fifty paintings. Among the most known among currently cliffs in Etretat, Grosse mere Etretat , Morning at Etretat , Manneporte (Étretat) .

Monet painted picture The cliffs at Etretat in 1885. Prevailing color of this fine art print is blue and its shape is landscape. Original size is 65.3 x 81. This art piece is located in Sterling & Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, USA. 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.